Select a company on the Fortune 500 list.What is their primary strategy regarding the use of digital, internet, and mobile technologies? What other technologies have they pursued?

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Select a company on the Fortune 500 list. It should be a company that is not primarily known for software and ecommerce (ex: do not choose Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, etc…)

Write a paper of 5 to 6 pages, answering the following questions:

  • Assess their competitive position in the industry using Porter’s Five Forces model
  • What is their primary strategy regarding the use of digital, internet, and mobile technologies? What other technologies have they pursued?
  • Describe their position on the strategic grid both before and after these technology initiatives
  • Based on your answer above, what advice would you give their management concerning future direction of the company?

The Internet may not make corporations obsolete, but the corporations will have to change their business models. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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  1. The Internet may not make corporations obsolete, but the corporations will have to change their business models. Do you agree? Why or why not?
  2. Should all companies use Facebook and Twitter for customer service and advertising? Why or why not? What kinds of companies are best suited to use these platforms?

Carefully read the case “Uber: Digital Disruptor” on page 389 of your textbook.Summarize the organization’s overall situation/predicament as accurately as possible linking business impacts to causes

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Carefully read the case “Uber: Digital Disruptor” on page 389 of your textbook. Prepare a one page memo for a specific decision maker within the case. Summarize the organization’s overall situation/predicament as accurately as possible linking business impacts to causes. In order to do so, you will need to identify the elephant in the room (i.e., while there can be several issues a company is facing, identify the most important ones). Then provide two independent recommendations that directly address the problems/opportunities identified within your assessment above. Follow the format below.

Business Impact Summary: [Summarize the organization’s overall situation/predicament as accurately as possible linking business impacts to causes]

[Present two independent recommendations that directly address the problems/opportunities identified within your assessment above]