Team Paper $($TP$)$: Each team will select a hot topic in business and state whether the topic is good or bad for business. The team will write about the hot topic as it applies to a team$-$selected company OR business in general.

Examples of current Hot Topics in business are: the cost of energy; the reliance on imported oil; transportation $($logistic$)$ issues; border issues; the value of the U$.$S$.$ dollar; China$$s economy slowing; new EPA regulations on reducing Particulate Matter $($PM$2\mathrm{.}5)$; increase in minimum wage; lower productivity of workers; quality of products and services being produced; use of AI in business, products and services; increase in Federal government regulations; importing more goods and services than exporting, to name a few. The team can select any topic that impacts business.

The content of the Team Paper will include:

Definition of the Problem $($the hot topic and whether is it good or bad for business$)$

Scope$-$quantify the size of the Problem

Alternatives$-3$ Pros$/3$Cons for each of the four alternative solutions; and one of the four alternatives must be Do Nothing $($use scholarly research to support Pros$/$Cons$)$

Solution $($a paragraph or two describing the components of the team$$s solution$)$

Steps in the Solution $($from development through implementation with a timeline$)$;

Impact of the Solution on:

Employees,

Legal $($names of Laws$/$Regulations that apply to the solution$)$

Financials $($Revenues$,$ Costs, Profits $$ separate subheading for each of these items$)$

Competition

Customers