Competitive Environment

Question 1

Write a 4 page DOUBLE SPACED paper:

1. Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation Royal Dutch Shell you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
2. Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
3. Determine whether your choice from Question 2 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
4. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Question 2

1.A local travel agent is advertising an upscale vacation pkg for travel 3 years from now to Antarctica. pkg requires you pay $25,000 today, $30,000 one year from today and final payment of $45,000 on the day you depart 3 yrs from today. what is the cost of this vacation in today’s dollars if the discount rate of 9.75%

 

2.An Airline pd an annual dividend of $1.42 a share last month. the company is planning on paying $1.50, $1.75 and $1.80 a share over the next 3 years. after that, the dividend will be constant at $2 per share per yr. what is the market price of this stock if the market rate of return is 10.5%?

Question 3

Distinguish between direct and indirect costs in a corporate bankruptcy