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Please answer each bullet with ONLY 4 sentences. Only respond using the number not the discussion. List at least one reference for answers

1. Use the Internet to find and research a company in the USA which you are at least somewhat familiar. Discuss the best possible pricing strategy based on whether the company you selected is a retailer, manufacturer, or service firm. Explain your rationale.

2. Discuss the best possible way the company you selected could expand its market globally.

3. Use the Internet to find and research a company in the USA which you are at least somewhat familiar. Discuss how the company you selected might benefit from selling new customers on e-Bay (as opposed to building and maintaining its own Website).

4. Referring to the same company, determine the best source of equity capital available to the company you selected. Explain your rationale.

5. Some evidence suggests that there is a direct and positive relationship between a firm’s size and its top-level managers’ compensation. Explain what inducement you think that relationship provides to upper-level executives.

6. Recommend what can be done to influence the relationship so that it serves shareholders’ interests.

7. The case study outlines six specific strategies that the firm has chosen to support its strategic direction. Determine which strategy is most likely to benefit the firm. Explain your rationale.

8. Briefly outline at least one other strategy the firm could take to support its strategic direction. Illustrate why this new strategy would be successful.