Walmart – Porter’s Five Forces & Stategy

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: Wednesday 8/31/2016 @ 3:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

The paper is based on two articles from Harvard Business Review: “What Is Strategy?” and “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy.” Use the attached articles and the questions that follow below to work through the assignment. The questions are as followed:

1. How do you see Porter’s five forces affecting Wal-Mart financial strategy for being competitive in the marketplace?
2. How do the same five forces affect your projections and ideas for future business opportunities?

Guidelines for Submission: Your Financial Performance and Health report should be approximately 1–2 pages long (excluding title page and references list). It should be double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins, and should use the latest guidelines for APA formatting for references and citations. Please also include your name, course name, and submission date on the title page.