SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com

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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 1 Course Project(Company Summary,
Products or Services) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Course Project Review
the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under
Course Home. This week, you will complete the
Business Plan topics highlighted in the table.
Consider the following when you prepare these
topics. Note that these are only summarized
recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and
the Grading Rubric for details.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 1-7 (Course Project, Case Study,
DQs) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   SBE 560 Week 1 Course
Project (Company Summary, Products or
Services)   SBE 560 Week 2 Course Project (Market
Analysis Summary, Web Plan)   SBE 560 Week 3
Course Project Strategy and Implementation  
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 1-7 Complete Course Project For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   H
omework Review the Guidelines from the Course
Project tab under Course Home. This week, you
will complete the Business Plan topics
highlighted in the table. Consider the following
when you prepare these topics. Note that these
are only summarized recommendations. See the
sample Business Plan and the Grading Rubric for
details.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 2 Course Project (Market Analysis
Summary, Web Plan) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Course Project Review
the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under
Course Home. This week, you will complete the
Business Plan topics highlighted in the table.
Consider the following when you prepare these
topics. Note that these are only summarized
recommendations. See the sample Business Plan and
the Grading Rubric for details.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 2 DQ 1 (Competitive Advantage) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (
TCO A) Select any company with which you are
familiar. Define its competitive advantage. What
core competencies differentiate it from the
competition? Why? 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 2 DQ 2 (Business Plans) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO
A) Why should an entrepreneur develop a business
plan? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Is it to satisfy just the banks, or can it really
be put to practical, daily use?
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 3 Case Study Zatswho LLC For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Zatswh
o LLC Read Case Study 3, Zatswho LLC, from the
course text. Answer the five questions at the end
of the case. Submit your response to the Course
Dropbox.   
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 3 Course Project Strategy and
Implementation For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Course Project Review
the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under
Course Home. This week, you will complete the
Business Plan topics highlighted in the table.
Consider the following when you prepare these
topics. Note that these are only summarized
recommendations
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 3 DQ 1 (Target Markets) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO
A) Select any company with which you are
familiar. Define its competitive advantage. What
core competencies differentiate it from the
competition? Why? 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 3 DQ 2 (Global Marketing) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO
C) What forces drive small businesses into
international marketing? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of going global? What
strategies can small businesses use to go global?
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 4 and Week 5 Course Project
(Financial Plan) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Course Project Review
the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under
Course Home. This week, you will complete the
Business Plan topics highlighted in the table.
Consider the following when you prepare these
topics. Note that these are only summarized
recommendations.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 4 DQ 1 (Pricing) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO A)
Describe the strategies a small business can use
to set the price of a new product or service.
What objectives should the strategy seek to
achieve? 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 4 DQ 2 (E-commerce) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   ((TCO
A) Explain the benefits a company earns by
selling on the Web. What are the risks? Discuss
the factors entrepreneurs should consider before
launching an e-commerce site.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 5 Case Study Able Planet For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   Able
Planet Read Case Study 2, Able Planet, from the
course text. Answer the three questions at the
end of the case. Submit your response to the
Course Dropbox. 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 5 DQ 1 (Financial Analysis) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (
TCO D) Ilene Polansky owns two trendy restaurants
in Montreal, Canada. Since starting her first
restaurant, Polansky has been juggling multiple
roles, shortchanging a focus on profitability.
Although her restaurants' net profit margin of
10-15 is within the industry average and loyal
patrons pack both locations virtually every
night, Polansky continues to experience periodic
financial problems.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 5 DQ 2 (Raising Capital) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO
E) Why is it so difficult for most small business
owners to raise the capital needed to start,
operate, and expand their ventures? What can be
done to make a venture more attractive to banks
and investors?
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 6 Course Project (Management
Summary) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Course Project Review
the Guidelines from the Course Project tab under
Course Home. This week, you will complete the
Business Plan topics highlighted in the table.
Consider the following when you prepare these
topics. Note that these are only summarized
recommendations.
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 6 DQ 1 (Employee Psychological
Testing) For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO F) Using a search
engine such as InfoSeek, Yahoo!, or Google,
conduct a search on the various employment tests
available to companies as screening devices. What
seems to be the most practical for the company
you're using in your Course Project? Why is
psychological testing a good idea? What are the
pros and cons?
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 6 DQ 2 (Quality) For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO F) What
is TQM? How can it help small business owners
achieve the quality of goods and services that
they require? How does quality play into the role
of a company's product line? Should every product
always strive to be of the highest quality
available? 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 7 DQ 1 (Family Business) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (TCO
G) What factors must be present in a strong
family business? Why? What problems can arise due
to a lack of one or more of these factors? 
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SBE 560 Education Coordinator/newtonhelp.com
SBE 560 Week 7 DQ 2 (Ethical Ambiguities) For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   (
TCO H) David is a former drug user who has spent
time in jail. For the past three years, he has
not used drugs, and he now operates a forklift at
a small construction company. However, lately, he
has begun having seizures, or flashbacks, as a
result of his earlier use of the drug PCP. He has
been carefully evaluated by EAP
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