Each student will choose a Fortune 500 publicly-traded company (see announcements) to use for individual Strategy...

  

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Each student will choose a Fortune 500 publicly-traded company (see announcements) to use for individual Strategy Term Project (STP). Strategy Term Project Module 5: Competitive Advantage Perspectives 1. Based on information in the annual reports or published on the firm's website, summarize what the firm views as the reasons for its successes (either past or expected in the future). Search for both quantitative and qualitative success factors provided in the report. 2. Does the firm seem most focused on accounting profitability, shareholder value creation or economic value creation? Give quotes or information from these sources to support your view. 3. Many firms are now including annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports on the websites. See whether your firm does so. If it does not, are there other indications of a triple bottom line approach, including social and ecological elements, in the firm's strategies? 1 2 Walmart 3 Exxon Mobil 4 Apple 5 Berkshire Hathaway 6 Amazon.com 7 UnitedHealth Group 8 McKesson 9 CVS Health 10 AT&T 11 AmerisourceBergen 12 Chevron 13 Ford Motor Company 14 General Motors 15 Costco Wholesale 16 Alphabet 17 Cardinal Health 18 Walgreens Boots Alliance 19 JPMorgan Chase 20 Verizon Communications 21 Kroger 22 General Electric 23 Fannie Mae 24 Phillips 66 25 Valero Energy 26 Bank of America 27 Microsoft 28 Home Depot 29 Boeing 30 Wells Fargo 31 Citigroup 32 Marathon Petroleum 33 Comcast 34 Anthem 35 Dell Technologies 36 DuPont de Nemours 37 State Farm Insurance 38 Johnson & Johnson 39 18M Sheet1 Revenue 514,405.00 290,212.00 265,595.00 247,837.00 232,887.00 226,247.00 208,357.00 194,579.00 170,756.00 167,939.60 166,339.00 160,338.00 147,049.00 141,576.00 136,819.00 136,809.00 131,537.00 131,412.00 130,863.00 121,162.00 120,268.00 120,101.00 114,217.00 111,407.00 110,584.00 110,360.00 108,203.00 101,127.00 101,060.00 97,120.00 97,102.00 94,507.00 92,105.00 90,621.00 85.977.00 81,732.20 81.581.00 79,591.00 Each student will choose a Fortune 500 publicly-traded company (see announcements) to use for individual Strategy Term Project (STP). Strategy Term Project Module 5: Competitive Advantage Perspectives 1. Based on information in the annual reports or published on the firm's website, summarize what the firm views as the reasons for its successes (either past or expected in the future). Search for both quantitative and qualitative success factors provided in the report. 2. Does the firm seem most focused on accounting profitability, shareholder value creation or economic value creation? Give quotes or information from these sources to support your view. 3. Many firms are now including annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports on the websites. See whether your firm does so. If it does not, are there other indications of a triple bottom line approach, including social and ecological elements, in the firm's strategies? 1 2 Walmart 3 Exxon Mobil 4 Apple 5 Berkshire Hathaway 6 Amazon.com 7 UnitedHealth Group 8 McKesson 9 CVS Health 10 AT&T 11 AmerisourceBergen 12 Chevron 13 Ford Motor Company 14 General Motors 15 Costco Wholesale 16 Alphabet 17 Cardinal Health 18 Walgreens Boots Alliance 19 JPMorgan Chase 20 Verizon Communications 21 Kroger 22 General Electric 23 Fannie Mae 24 Phillips 66 25 Valero Energy 26 Bank of America 27 Microsoft 28 Home Depot 29 Boeing 30 Wells Fargo 31 Citigroup 32 Marathon Petroleum 33 Comcast 34 Anthem 35 Dell Technologies 36 DuPont de Nemours 37 State Farm Insurance 38 Johnson & Johnson 39 18M Sheet1 Revenue 514,405.00 290,212.00 265,595.00 247,837.00 232,887.00 226,247.00 208,357.00 194,579.00 170,756.00 167,939.60 166,339.00 160,338.00 147,049.00 141,576.00 136,819.00 136,809.00 131,537.00 131,412.00 130,863.00 121,162.00 120,268.00 120,101.00 114,217.00 111,407.00 110,584.00 110,360.00 108,203.00 101,127.00 101,060.00 97,120.00 97,102.00 94,507.00 92,105.00 90,621.00 85.977.00 81,732.20 81.581.00 79,591.00

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Answer 1 Walmart has attributed its success to its commitment to providing customers with the products and services they need at the lowest prices pos... View the full answer