For this assignment, write an essay that addresses each of the following points:
1. Choose five U.S. government policies that affect trade with foreign nations. Identify three factors of production, and describe how their mobility is good or bad for U.S. trade
2. Distinguish between absolute advantage and comparative advantage trade theories and give examples
3. Choose either the TPP or the T-TIP free trade agreement and describe which other countries have signed on and why the U.S. Senate should ratify or not ratify the agreement. Also, explain how regional trading groups influence
organizations.
Your essay submission should be a minimum of three pages in length in APA style; however, a title page, a running head, and an abstract are not required. You are required to use at least two scholarly sources for this essay. Your responses to the three prompts must be in paragraph form. Be sure to cite and reference all quoted or paraphrased material appropriately in APA style.

Your company wants to put a ball-bearing factory in Africa. Your company predicts this is where the most growth will be in the 21st century. Your assignment is to research a country on the African continent that you think would be the most advantageous to your company in cultural, economic, and political environments.
Your assignment is to point out and explain the facts or statistics that you think would make this country a good place to build and staff your factory. Remember to keep the cultural, economic, and political environments in mind. Your presentation must include at least two facts or statistics that relate to each environmental area (cultural, economic, and political).
Feel free to use the suggested readings as a starting point for your research on sources of data about different countries in the world. You must use at least three authoritative sources, and you are required to use the CSU Online Library for at least one of your sources. Pull a minimum of two facts or statistics from each source that you use.
Some good examples of authoritative sources are provided below:
 The U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/index.htm
 The World Bank http://data.worldbank.org/country
The Academic Search Complete database features information on countries through the CIA World Factbook.
The Business Source Complete database has a “Country Report” that can be selected in the Publication Type area. These reports by country can be 200-plus pages and are very in depth.
Your PowerPoint presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides. Be sure to use APA guidelines to cite and reference the sources for your facts.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Discussion Question-Katetutor

Define “methodology” and explain how your research problem can be studied. Share your methodology.
250 words w/references

Comprehensive Analysis of a Fortune 500 Company
You will analyze publicly available information about a Fortune 500 Company and develop an assessment of the corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage.
This assignment requires you to obtain and analyze information at the company, industry and market levels using various databases and reports, such as Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet, in addition to at least eight (8) professional or academic peer –reviewed articles.
Your analysis should include an in-depth review of the Company’s most recent SEC Form-10k Annual Report and Form DEF-14A Proxy Statement. These SEC filings can be found at the SEC Edgar Database located at the URL http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html . Pay particular attention to the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) sections of the SEC Form 10-K and the DEF-14A Proxy statement. Direct competitors are identified in the “Comparator Group” section of the DEF-14A Proxy Statement. ) These SEC filings also contain information relative to external and industry analysis that will be helpful in your assessment of the Company’s strategy and competitive position.
A thorough analysis requires evaluation of various external stakeholders:
Competitors Competitors
Industry
Vendors
Customers
Governmental entities
Communities
Internal stakeholders that should be considered in the analysis include:
Shareholders
Board of Directors
Management
Employees
A comprehensive SWOT analysis should be performed relative to the Company’s ability to improve its competitive advantage.
The comprehensive analysis should include both qualitative and quantitative elements, leveraging information available in SEC Filings, business databases, and peer-reviewed articles.
Your work should demonstrate your ability to:
Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations.
Apply principles of quantitative and qualitative research to business cases.
Describe the opportunities provided by technology for businesses.
Appropriately use effective communication techniques.
Apply the standard of APA style to all research and writing tasks.
You will prepare a report presenting the findings of your comprehensive analysis examining the Company’s corporate strategy and its ability to increase competitive advantage. The written report will have a body length of 10-12 pages excluding title, abstract, references and appendices. Quotation limits should be Not more than 10% of the body of the paper can be quotations, all of which must be properly attributed in APA format.
NOTE: Article collections Suggestions are:

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1. Objective. Letters of sympathy are designed to extend expressions of sympathy to the primary next of kin (PNOK). They are also an instrument that commanders or supervisors may use to advise the PNOK of the factual, detailed circumstances surrounding the person’s deathor missing status. They must be prepared with extreme care and tell the circumstances factually, tactfully, sympathetically, and logically.
2. Instructions. Write a one-page Letter of Sympathy based on the scenario provided below. Type the letter using Arial font, 12 pitch. Use AR 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence, for the format and style of a sympathy letter. Refer to
AR 600-8-1, Army Casualty Program for an example of a sympathy letter; however,
DO NOT use AR 600-8-1 for format or style.
Scenario: You are the First Sergeant of HHC, Special Troops Battalion, Fort Atterbury, Indiana 31334-9000. Your unit deployed with the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, to the National Training Center (NTC). On May 31, 2013, during the NTC rotation, SSG Stephanie W. Plank, one of your section sergeants, died when her truck overturned in Death Valley. Her primary next of kin is her 18-year-old son, Timothy B. Chambers. You have confirmed that official notification has taken place. You have also learned that Timothy does not know the exact circumstances. Write a letter of sympathy to Timothy Chambers. His address is 225 South King Street, Savannah, Georgia 31344. Your office title (civilian) is Office of the Commander.

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Leadership Blog Template

Headline [The title or overall description of the blog] Blogging Tips

1. Spend quality time in the planning & research phase of your blog. Your facts must be accurate.

2. Carefully consider your readers so that your message is understood and useful.

3. Create an engaging opening to your blog; you want them to read everything so be careful not to be boring!

4. Add an image, photo, chart, or graph to convey an important point in your blog.

5. Keep your paragraphs short, using clear, concise sentences to convey the essence of your topic to your readers.

Opening [A statement that describes the recent changes to the company and the reason for these changes]
Message #1 [A description of the need to adapt and lead within a changing business environment]

Message #2

[A description of the Team Leadership Model and how it applies to this business transition]

Message #3 [A description of how this diverse, international business structure will improve overall business performance]

Message #4 [A statement that focuses on one or two positive aspects of change that will help to motivate your employees]

Wrap- Up/Conclusion [A statement that summarizes your overall message]
*Visit several of your favorite websites to see how blogs are written.

Resources for Readers [Additional resources for your employees to reflect upon]

*Use may use this template as a guide.
Citations (APA) [References for any citations or additional resources]

Scenario: You are the CEO of MegaGlobe Business Solutions, a financial consulting corporation based in Chicago that has just recently opened new offices in São Paulo, Brazil and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. As part of this transition, your employees will now be working collaboratively with employees at these locations to provide financial consulting services in these new markets. To assist with the transition, you will develop an internal leadership blog for your employees that addresses the implications of leading within a culturally-diverse and changing global business environment. This blog should focus on the need to positively adapt to a variety of leadership styles and individual differences within these cultures.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word internal leadership blog using the Leadership Blog template, and include the following: {Template Attached}
Explain the implications of leading within a changing global business environment.
Describe the Team Leadership Model and how this relates to your current business practices.
Outline positive aspects of gender, diversity, culture, and teamwork that can improve overall business performance.
Apply principles of motivational leadership within a variety of diverse cultures.
Use at least one image, photo, chart, or graph to deliver a key concept within your blog.

Unlike a typical discussion, let’s have a debate.
In your response-
Discussion #1A heroic leader will function well in an IT business organization. A heroic leader is charismatic, goal-scoring, who doesn’t mind carrying the team on his back.
Discussion #2 Pro’s for the following response;
Hardware may have been a traditional driver of the acquisition process in the IT industry, but developments in business practices and innovation have led software to become the motivating force for buying decisions. As hardware vendors have increasingly lost their monopoly on endpoints and more offerings have moved to a virtualized environment or the cloud, decisions about software are the new catalyst for business. Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure have increased offerings to the point where you can them host your entire Infrastructure, a Platform, or just Software as a Service in their remote environment. Moreover, businesses are feeling increased pressure to keep up with the latest versions of software to maintain their competitive advantage, updating their software much more often than their hardware. Cloud offerings and virtualization platforms cater to this desire, and many industries are moving away from traditional thick clients to thin or even zero clients. These trends are likely to continue, and will only further emphasis on software.
Respond to the following;
I would have to agree with Young Shon on this one. When a business decides to move to the cloud, they are not making this decision based on software capabilities. That is merely an added benefit. When a company shops around for capabilities, they are looking for speed. After all, time is money. The word speed is mostly associated with hardware. I have never heard anyone tell me their software increases their upload or download speed. If I can run the same software faster, with fewer lags, then I am going with that hardware. For many software is too complex for them to understand the differences in the numerous products available. Businesses just want to get the job done with as little overhead cost as possible, so that they focus on profits.
What drives them to the cloud is the cost savings of not having to retire and replace outdated hardware, such as servers. When a business purchases thin clients, its because they possess only the hardware they need. The initial upfront cost for a server blade with installation is around $40,000. This is just for the one server blade. Storage devices such as tape drives, tapes, storage for the tapes, racks, environmental controls, security controls, gateways, and optic fiber to move the data quickly, and efficiently are additional costs. This hardware is the driving force behind every business. The driving force in IT and innovation is making this hardware smaller, faster, durable, and more efficient.
Respond to the following;
I would have to agree with Young Shon on this one. When a business decides to move to the cloud, they are not making this decision based on software capabilities. That is merely an added benefit. When a company shops around for capabilities, they are looking for speed. After all, time is money. The word speed is mostly associated with hardware. I have never heard anyone tell me their software increases their upload or download speed. If I can run the same software faster, with fewer lags, then I am going with that hardware. For many software is too complex for them to understand the differences in the numerous products available. Businesses just want to get the job done with as little overhead cost as possible, so that they focus on profits.
What drives them to the cloud is the cost savings of not having to retire and replace outdated hardware, such as servers. When a business purchases thin clients, its because they possess only the hardware they need. The initial upfront cost for a server blade with installation is around $40,000. This is just for the one server blade. Storage devices such as tape drives, tapes, storage for the tapes, racks, environmental controls, security controls, gateways, and optic fiber to move the data quickly, and efficiently are additional costs. This hardware is the driving force behind every business. The driving force in IT and innovation is making this hardware smaller, faster, durable, and more efficient.