Form a group of three or four students to perform an industry analysis. Each student should analyze a company in the same industry, and then all of you should compare your results. The following companies would make good group projects:

Automobiles: .......................................DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors

Computers: .........................................Apple, IBM, Dell

Brewing: ..............................................MillerCoors, Molson Coors, G. Heileman

Chemicals: ..........................................Du Pont, Dow Chemical, Monsanto

Petroleum: ..........................................Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP

Pharmaceuticals: ................................Merck, Lilly, UpJohn

Retail: .................................................Sears, JCPenney, Macy’s, The Limited