Description
The purpose of this milestone is for students to introduce a firm for analysis in their research paper. This milestone requires students to provide an overview of
the firm, which will lay the groundwork for their analysis. Students will provide a history of the firm as well as current information about its goods/services and
areas of operation. This milestone will also ensure that students are familiar with APA formatting for in-text citations and reference lists.
Prompt: Submit a draft of the introduction (Section I) of your research paper for your selected firm, which was approved by your instructor in Module One.
Include all critical elements listed below. You will detail the purpose of the paper, summarize the history of the firm, and provide an overview of the firm.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction
In Module One, you worked with your instructor to choose a firm that matches the following criteria: a publicly traded company operating in the U.S.
market that is currently in business. Write a one- to two-page paper that includes the following elements for your chosen firm:
a) Outline the purpose of your final project research paper and explain how it will inform your conclusion.
b) Summarize the history of your chosen firm and provide an overview for what it does and what goods/services it sells.
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a one- to two-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.
This next few items are from my Professor
Milestone One Criteria:
Write a one- to two-page paper that includes the following elements for your chosen firm:
a) Outline the purpose of your final project research paper and explain how it will inform your conclusion.
b) Summarize the history of your chosen firm and provide an overview for what it does and what goods/services it sells
- As it is explained in the final project document, make sure you cite your sources using APA format.
- Please remember that sources such as Wikipedia, Investopedia, Yahoo Answers, etc. are not acceptable as a legit source of information.
Dear students,
Here are some suggestions of firms that have proven to be successful for final paper by previous students. All these companies listed are publicly traded, US-based companies. Their products and markets are easy to identify and analyze with the microeconomics tools developed in this course. (For more information: check out Final Project folder)
For my record, please let me know the company you have decided to work on. Moreover, if you would like to choose a company not on this list, please work with me to make sure it’s a good fit for the assignment.
1. South west Airlines
2. Netflix
3. Coca cola
4. General Motors
5. Under Armour
6. Apple
7. Starbucks
8. Smith and Wesson
9. NIKE
10. Microsoft
11. Chipotle
12. Tesla
13. First Solar
Please also find a sample paper from a previous student on The Hershey Company.
I hope you will find this information helpful! Please reach me if you have you need any help!
Sincerely,
Tizita
