Study Questions Part 2

Please use this template to answer all questions. Answers must be 7-9 sentences. No plagiarism and please cite all sources. This is not an essay, please answer all questions separately and fully.

1. Research a start-up business that experienced securities law problems associated with obtaining venture funding. Briefly discuss the details of the business and the security laws it violated. Then, evaluate how the business could have avoided the violation or violations.

2. Using your startup business Betty’s (Local Mom and Pop Grocery Store), Identify the one to four levels (Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C) of financing that you expect your company will need. Outline a strategy for obtaining each level for your business venture.

3. Research the pros and cons of employee stock option plans (ESOP). Assess the effectiveness of ESOPs to incentivize key employees and whether this would be a viable option for your venture. Provide an example to support your response.

4. Evaluate the business-level strategy of either Starbucks or Lockheed Martin to determine whether you believe the strategy is appropriate to offset forces in the industry. Provide specific examples to support your response. Make recommendations for improving this strategy as well as describing any challenges you foresee in executing those recommendations. Provide specific examples to support your response.

5. Using the Internet, research acquisitions that are currently underway and choose one of these acquisitions to discuss. Based on the firms' characteristics and experiences and the reasons cited to support the acquisition, do you feel it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not? Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition, which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why? What should firms do to make certain that they do not experience such a problem when they use an acquisition strategy?

6. What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy? Why? Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response. As firms attempt to internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an approach, using specific examples to support your response.

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