Computer Selling Social Enterprise Discussion

Lynn University Computer Selling Social Enterprise Discussion

Checkpoint Assignment is a paper on a startup business. The startup business should be a Social Startup. Social startup is a for business startup with a social mission. The following should be covered for the social startup business:

In BUS 180, each student will experience creating a start- up business to produce a specific product (a good or service). A three to five (3-5) page written research paper on the start- up business, the product and the market structure of the industry is required. The paper needs to present sections on the product information, this may be a good (tangible product) or a service (intangible product); and the initial and potential scope of the market in which the product will be supplied.

In addition, the written paper should have sections on the degree of the existing competition and the characteristics of the rival producers/organizations; the characteristics of the buyers and the potential demand for the product; and the strategy of the start- up business for pricing with regards to elasticity, production and maintaining it’s competitive advantage. Finally, a critical analysis of the findings and conclusion and the implications for the start-up business need to be addressed in the paper.

The specific components of the proposed start up business should include:

Product description

Scope of the market

Market Structure

Degree of competition, availability of substitute and barriers to entry

Potential demand

Elasticity

Industry Trends

The written plan should specifically address the following:

• Product and the initial and future scope of the market (local, national,

international/global) that the proposed business intends to serve.

• Market structure, degree of competition and the availability of substitutes initially and in the future, locally and globally for the proposed product.

• Various barriers to entry to the market in which the proposed business will compete.

• Demand and buyers of the proposed product.

• Price, income and cross elasticity of demand for the proposed product and their influence on the various pricing and production strategies of the proposed business. f. Use the Internet and research the current performance and the future forecast for the industry that your proposed business belongs.

 

 

The written paper is to be typed double–spaced, 1’ margins, Times New Roman and

12-point font, with correct spelling and grammar, proper citation, references, with a cover page and organized with headings. The instructor’s approval of the topic is required.

The following Library resources and web-sites could assist students in conducting the research to do the Critical Assignment:

Lynn Library Sources

Academic OneFile

Academic Search Premier

Biography In Context

Business Source Complete

Datamonitor

General Business File ASAP

Hoover’s Company Profiles

LexisNexis ProQuest (ABI/INFORM )

Reference USA & OneSource

Web-sites

Global Issues in Context

Regional Business News

www.bls.gov www.makinac.org

www.ftc.gov

www.census.gov

http://wc.wustl.edu