Research Project Part 1
Company: FEDEX (FEDERAL EXPRESS)
TIME: 1970-1980
This video has important information about the time period of 1970-1980. But please do further research on the time period https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTID4UYO4fs
Topic:
Select a 5-10 year (FEDERAL EXPRESS 1970-80) period of time and analyze the microeconomic issues impacting a particular company (FEDERAL EXPRESS) during that period of time. You should be looking for issues and topics that we have covered in this course and how you can apply those concepts to a real world situation. The same company and time period will be used for all 4 parts of the project.
Requirement: IMPORTANT (MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW)
What industry and time period will you analyze? The time period selected should be
roughly a 5-10 year period when something interesting was occurring with the company.
1. Give a description of the major competitors in the market.
2. What type of products are produced? Are they identical or differentiated? Does this change during the analysis period?
3. How have consumers influenced the market? What have the consumers done to change the industry? Consider things like the determinants of demand, price elasticity, income elasticity and cross-price elasticity.
Submit a report that is 2-3 pages long, typed double-spaced. This report should be well written with a introduction and conclusion and use appropriate citation.
Research:
Each student will develop and analysis based on the information provided and the questions asked in each activity. Research is required by you and some possible sources are below (though you should use other sources as well).
News sources:
IMPORTANT: No sources from Journals, Books or anything that isnt easy to access. Please only sources from below or other reliable websites.
USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance and MSN Money, etc.
National Bureau of Economic Research (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
US Census Bureau (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
World Bank (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
CIA World Factbook (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Wikipedia is not an acceptable source!
Submission:
Each student will submit a complete economic analysis that must include title page, written analysis and recommendations and work cited/references in a single document.
Format:
Typed, double-spaced in a readable 12-point font with margins no larger than 1 on all sides.
Must use MLA
All references should be cited. I expect a minimum of 5 sources, but most likely you will need many more.
