What if you could walk into a music store and get as many cds as you wanted for free, provided that you listened to 30 secs of each song on each cd?how many cds would you listen to?explain in terms of marginal utility

I don’t understand this Marketing question and need help to study.

It is important to remember that this is not a report. I’m not looking to see if you read the case or not. You need to take the key issues and think about them within the context of what’s given in the case. The key here is to think about what you would do if you were in this situation. I am looking for your thoughts—with justification. Integrate and synthesize theory and terminology from class and the readings into your case analysis. This is key to producing a superior analysis.

How to Prepare the Written Case Studies
Use the following instructions for each part to structure your analysis.

Part I. Identify the Key Issues in an Executive Summary
In this section you should read the case and ask yourself, “What’s happening here right now?” What are the issues that the firm faces within the context of the case? In many cases there are issues that involve more than one business function. For example, are there marketing issues, management issues, organizational issues, competitive issues, financial issues, etc.? Your executive summary should briefly identify the key issue(s) at hand and describe how you will come up with your solution. Briefly, but specifically, mention your key strategies at the end of this section. This section should be one page maximum—preferably half a page. It might help to write this as your last section.

For Parts II and beyond, remember: You are not writing a “report.” You are writing an analysis. You should take the information in the case, think about it, and then report your thoughts. You should be comfortable saying “I think….” and be comfortable making bold statements. Think of yourself as a consultant hired by the firm to give them strategic advice. They already know what it’s in the case—they want your take on the situation. The use of outside information may be appropriate to support your claims, thoughts, and ideas.

Part II. Identify Internal Strengths
What is the firm doing well internally? Why is it doing these things well? And, more importantly, how do the strengths of the firm tie to marketing theory and concepts? What lead to the success of the firm in the past (or present)? What strengths of the firm will lead to future value?

Part III. Identify Internal Weaknesses
What is the firm doing poorly internally? Why is it doing these things poorly? What lead to these poor tactics? How do the weaknesses contradict “good” marketing theory and concepts?

Part IV. Identify External Opportunities
What is going on the firm’s external environment that the firm can use to its advantage? For example, if you are analyzing a case on McDonald’s, an external opportunity might be the fact that the Atkins Diet has run its course and people are eating carbs again. These are not strategies here—those will come later (Part VII). In this section, focus on the external variables the firm can take advantage of.

Part V. Identify External Threats
What is going on in the firm’s external environment that the firm needs to defend against? Analyze competitors—competition is certainly one external threat. Maybe government regulation is another. Possibly the taste of the target market is another. For example, if you are analyzing a case on Amtrak, one major threat is the growth of Southwest airlines and cheap, national air travel.

Part VI. Other Issues / Metrics
What other issues are going on in the case? How does the firm’s financial situation look? If financial data is given, what are the trends you see? Does anything you see “jump out” at you? Is there a lot of debt? Any expenses seem odd?

Are there any other issues out there that didn’t quite fit in Parts II–V? Discuss them here.

Part VII. Strategies
Based on all the issues that you identified in Parts II–VI, what do you recommend that the firm do now? Be specific as possible. General strategies like “sell more products” are a gimme and add little to your analysis. You have to think deep here. How can the firm use its strengths to take advantage of external issues? How might the firm have to defend itself against threats? How can the firm shore up weaknesses? Again, think of yourself as someone hired to help this firm. What do you tell them and why? What are the risks and short/long term implications of what you suggest? (Please note that this should be your longest section.)

IMPORTANT:

I will be attaching a copy of the Jaguar Case study to read and write this report on. Also, I will be attaching a copy of a SAMPLE Case Study so you can see the format to use and how to write. This is not the normal case study, the professor wants our personal opinions. Don’t be scared to write with, “I think that, or I believe.”

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below is a sample case study paper, of what should be done and the second doc is the case study

B. 75%. A. all integers between 116 and 179 b. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 c. 16, 18, 21, 24, 28, 33, 37, 42, 46, 79 * d. 116, 118, 121, 124, 128, 133, 137, 142, 146, 179 19. The lowest score in the class as a percentage of the total possible points is * a. 58%. 18. To which of the following data sets does this stemplot correspond? A. all integers between 116 and 179 b. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 c. 16, 18, 21, 24, 28, 33, 37, 42, 46, 79 * d. 116, 118, 121, 124, 128, 133, 137, 142, 146, 179 19. The lowest score in the class as a percentage of the total possible points is * a. 58%. B. 75%. C. 90%. D. 116%.

I’m studying and need help with a Psychology question to help me learn.

To prepare for this assignment,

• Select a topic from the approved list that includes various commonly held beliefs.
• Visit the Ashford University Library to locate a minimum of three relevant, Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) that will inform your understanding of the issue from a psychological perspective. Before beginning your writing, verify the scholarly nature of the articles you have chosen. Review the Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial for more on how to use the library in the research process.

To complete this activity, produce the following utilizing the Preparing for the Final Paper template:

Part 1: The Annotated Bibliography: An annotated bibliography is a list of relevant scholarly works along with a descriptive and evaluative summary of each. Your annotated bibliography will relate information relevant to your analysis of the selected option provided for the Final Paper. Review the Making an Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) tutorial and Sample Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) for an example of how to complete your assignment.

• Develop an Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.), which evaluates each of the three selected sources, appraising the information relevant to the chosen topic (one paragraph per source).
  • Do not use direct quotes; instead, paraphrase or summarize, using your own Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) and properly applying in-text citations. Review Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (Links to an external site.), APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.), and In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.) for more.

Part 2: The Introduction Paragraph

• Prepare an introductory paragraph that articulates the information you have learned from your review of the literature in the annotated bibliography.
  • Your introduction should create context for the topic, provide a concise preview, and conclude with a clear thesis statement identifying your conclusion regarding the veracity of the commonly held belief. Apply academic voice through application of ethical writing strategies. Review Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.) for more.

Part 3: The (Brief) Outline

• Provide a brief overview of the content you plan to cover, Outlining (Links to an external site.) the major points of the paper.

Part 4: Questions

• List any questions about the Final Paper you may have for your instructor. (If you do not have questions that is okay.)
• Indicate planned future steps necessary to complete the assignment.

The Preparing for the Final Paper: Seeking the Truth assignment

• Must be completed using the Preparing for the Final Paper template.
• Must be three double-spaced pages in length at minimum, excluding the title and reference pages.
• Must be formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)resource.
• Must include a separate title page, as identified in your required template, with the following:
  • A header
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
    For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.) and Running Head Format for APA Style Papers (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include the introduction paragraph draft that you intend to apply to the Week 5 Final Paper. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.