Discussion Board - 4G Model After watching the required video “Profit’s not always the point” by Harish Manwani and reading the article “Samsung delays launch of Galaxy Fold After Screen Failures” by Sam Kim and Mark Gurman, discuss the 4G Model and the purpose firms must have beyond the products they sale or the service they provide. Pretend you are the executive officer at Samsung responsible for not releasing the Galaxy Fold, what would be your response to shareholders and customers regarding the failed product. Use the economic theory and concepts in chapter one to support your response. Remember the idea is to maximize the wealth of shareholders but also be socially responsible to the community that must sustain your product. Discussion Board - 4G Model After watching the required video “Profit’s not always the point” by Harish Manwani and reading the article “Samsung delays launch of Galaxy Fold After Screen Failures” by Sam Kim and Mark Gurman, discuss the 4G Model and the purpose firms must have beyond the products they sale or the service they provide. Pretend you are the executive officer at Samsung responsible for not releasing the Galaxy Fold, what would be your response to shareholders and customers regarding the failed product. Use the economic theory and concepts in chapter one to support your response. Remember the idea is to maximize the wealth of shareholders but also be socially responsible to the community that must sustain your product.

Read this article about Cambridge Analytica in Wired Magazine. Discuss whether you think the premise of the article is correct and that people are more aware of privacy concerns. Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosing the copied words in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list. Example: "words you copied" (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragraphs. Do Not Doublespace. Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0. Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. Do not use attachments as a submission. Do not zip your submissions. Reply to two classmates' posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not 'attaboys'. You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not 'nice post' or the like). Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about. Please do not submit attachments unless requested. Read this article about Cambridge Analytica in Wired Magazine. Discuss whether you think the premise of the article is correct and that people are more aware of privacy concerns. Use at least three sources. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosing the copied words in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list. Example: "words you copied" (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragraphs. Do Not Doublespace. Copying without attribution or the use of spinbot or other word substitution software will result in a grade of 0. Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. Do not use attachments as a submission. Do not zip your submissions. Reply to two classmates' posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions. These peer responses are not 'attaboys'. You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not 'nice post' or the like). Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. . I will not spend a lot of my time trying to decipher nonsense. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about. Please do not submit attachments unless requested.

Do a bit of research on-line. Find a criminal case that involved Digital Forensics. Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing the case and the how digital forensics were used in the investigation. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment. Do a bit of research on-line. Find a criminal case that involved Digital Forensics. Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing the case and the how digital forensics were used in the investigation. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment.

Consider your own company or one that you know well. What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment? What strategic moves are rivals likely to make and why? What factors are driving changes in this industry and why? Keeping in mind the role that interpreting environmental factors will play in analyzing a case, what do you see as the most important external data you would want this organization to have in any strategic planning process, and why? How does this discussion board relate to our coursework this week? Be specific. NOTE: Make sure you choose a company that has not been selected by one of your classmates. Your initial response to the discussion question should be 250-300 words. You must have at least one course (our text) and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your initial posting. Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post. Please respond to at least two peers on different days of the week, in approximately 150-200 words. Within your response postings, comment regarding a component of the macro-environment that you also believe impacts the particular industry of your classmate’s selected company posting. Incorporate a minimum of one scholarly source with each of your response postings. It may be our text or an outside scholarly source to support your initial post. Consider your own company or one that you know well. What are the strategically relevant factors for the industry and your company within this macro-environment? What strategic moves are rivals likely to make and why? What factors are driving changes in this industry and why? Keeping in mind the role that interpreting environmental factors will play in analyzing a case, what do you see as the most important external data you would want this organization to have in any strategic planning process, and why? How does this discussion board relate to our coursework this week? Be specific. NOTE: Make sure you choose a company that has not been selected by one of your classmates. Your initial response to the discussion question should be 250-300 words. You must have at least one course (our text) and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your initial posting. Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post. Please respond to at least two peers on different days of the week, in approximately 150-200 words. Within your response postings, comment regarding a component of the macro-environment that you also believe impacts the particular industry of your classmate’s selected company posting. Incorporate a minimum of one scholarly source with each of your response postings. It may be our text or an outside scholarly source to support your initial post.

Read Chapter 3 and view the required videos on PESTEL Analysis and the Five Forces Framework. Select one of the cases from Part 2 of the Thompson (2020) textbook to analyze the six components of the Macro-Environment and the Five Forces Model. For this assignment: • Prepare a brief PESTEL Analysis for your selected case from Part 2 of our Thompson (2020) text. You must address all six elements. • Prepare a brief Five Force Analysis as presented in our Thompson (2020) text for your selected case. Address all five forces. NOTE this Requirement: The Standard & Poor NetAdvantage Database provided in the NEC Online Library is a required source (and will be extremely helpful). The Standard & Poor Database is located under the general Library database listing. Once you have accessed the Standard & Poor site, the tabs at the top allow you to click on companies or industries. If you choose industries, it then provides a box and drop-down menu showing the various industrial reports which are available. Access the relevant report, and then review the details in the report to support this assignment. The information is incredible relevant and provides a detailed analysis of the entire industry including a listing of the key companies in the industry. See Course Content tab for a 2020 document noting how to find this database. Read Chapter 3 and view the required videos on PESTEL Analysis and the Five Forces Framework. Select one of the cases from Part 2 of the Thompson (2020) textbook to analyze the six components of the Macro-Environment and the Five Forces Model. For this assignment: • Prepare a brief PESTEL Analysis for your selected case from Part 2 of our Thompson (2020) text. You must address all six elements. • Prepare a brief Five Force Analysis as presented in our Thompson (2020) text for your selected case. Address all five forces. NOTE this Requirement: The Standard & Poor NetAdvantage Database provided in the NEC Online Library is a required source (and will be extremely helpful). The Standard & Poor Database is located under the general Library database listing. Once you have accessed the Standard & Poor site, the tabs at the top allow you to click on companies or industries. If you choose industries, it then provides a box and drop-down menu showing the various industrial reports which are available. Access the relevant report, and then review the details in the report to support this assignment. The information is incredible relevant and provides a detailed analysis of the entire industry including a listing of the key companies in the industry. See Course Content tab for a 2020 document noting how to find this database.

Demand function specifies other factors that management will often consider, including the design and packaging of products, the amount and distribution of the firm’s advertising budget, the size of the sales force, promotional expenditures, the time period of adjustment for any price changes, and taxes or subsidies. For this discussion forum, consider your favorite consumer product (e.g. cell phone, car, cereal, restaurant, hair gel, etc.) and describe the variables that might be part of the demand function (i.e. substitute good, complementary good, income level, advertisement, consumer preference, etc.) for this product. How would you describe the elasticity of demand for this product – is it highly or somewhat elastic or inelastic? Why? Demand function specifies other factors that management will often consider, including the design and packaging of products, the amount and distribution of the firm’s advertising budget, the size of the sales force, promotional expenditures, the time period of adjustment for any price changes, and taxes or subsidies. For this discussion forum, consider your favorite consumer product (e.g. cell phone, car, cereal, restaurant, hair gel, etc.) and describe the variables that might be part of the demand function (i.e. substitute good, complementary good, income level, advertisement, consumer preference, etc.) for this product. How would you describe the elasticity of demand for this product – is it highly or somewhat elastic or inelastic? Why?

1) Define the time value of money. Do you believe that the average person considers the time value of money when they make investment decisions? Please explain. 2) Distinguish between ordinary annuities and annuities due. Also, distinguish between the future value of an annuity and the present value of an annuity. • Initial post due by day four. • Respond substantively to two other students' posts on different days of the week by day seven. • Initial post for each question must be between 250-300 words in length, and each peer reply per question must be between 150-200 words in length 1) Define the time value of money. Do you believe that the average person considers the time value of money when they make investment decisions? Please explain. 2) Distinguish between ordinary annuities and annuities due. Also, distinguish between the future value of an annuity and the present value of an annuity. • Initial post due by day four. • Respond substantively to two other students' posts on different days of the week by day seven. • Initial post for each question must be between 250-300 words in length, and each peer reply per question must be between 150-200 words in length

Learning About Cookies as Spyware. Research what kind of information cookies store. You might find the following websites helpful: • www.allaboutcookies.org/ • www.howstuffworks.com/cookie1.htm Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing cookies and the way they can invade privacy. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment. Submit references separately (or add as text) otherwise they cause the Safe Assign score to increase. Attach your WORD doc and then hit SUBMT. Learning About Cookies as Spyware. Research what kind of information cookies store. You might find the following websites helpful: • www.allaboutcookies.org/ • www.howstuffworks.com/cookie1.htm Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing cookies and the way they can invade privacy. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment. Submit references separately (or add as text) otherwise they cause the Safe Assign score to increase. Attach your WORD doc and then hit SUBMT.

Write an essay discussing sqlmap, an automated tool for sql injection and database takeover in 500 words or more. Why do we need an automated tool for sql injection? Do not copy without providing proper attribution. This paper will be evaluated through SafeAssign. Write in essay format not in outline, bulleted, numbered or other list format. Use the five paragraph format. Each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Include an interesting meaningful title. Include at least one quote from each of 3 different articles. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google. Place the words you copied (do not alter or paraphrase the words) in quotation marks and cite in-line (as all work copied from another should be handled). The quotes should be one full sentence (no more, no less) and should be incorporated in your discussion (they do not replace your discussion) to illustrate or emphasize your ideas. Each quote must be cited in-line and at the end. Cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your submission Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about. Please do not submit attachments unless requested. Write an essay discussing sqlmap, an automated tool for sql injection and database takeover in 500 words or more. Why do we need an automated tool for sql injection? Do not copy without providing proper attribution. This paper will be evaluated through SafeAssign. Write in essay format not in outline, bulleted, numbered or other list format. Use the five paragraph format. Each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Include an interesting meaningful title. Include at least one quote from each of 3 different articles. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google. Place the words you copied (do not alter or paraphrase the words) in quotation marks and cite in-line (as all work copied from another should be handled). The quotes should be one full sentence (no more, no less) and should be incorporated in your discussion (they do not replace your discussion) to illustrate or emphasize your ideas. Each quote must be cited in-line and at the end. Cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your submission Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about. Please do not submit attachments unless requested.

Learning About OWASP Visit the OWASP website. Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing the history and background of OWASP. See the Vulnerabilities tab. Choose one of the vulnerabilities on the linked page and describe briefly. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment. To improve Safe Assign score, submit references in a separate document or paste in the text section. Attach your WORD doc and then hit SUBMT. Learning About OWASP Visit the OWASP website. Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing the history and background of OWASP. See the Vulnerabilities tab. Choose one of the vulnerabilities on the linked page and describe briefly. Safe Assign is software that verifies the originality of your work against on-line sources and other students. Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. For your first written assignment, you have unlimited times to retry your assignment. To improve Safe Assign score, submit references in a separate document or paste in the text section. Attach your WORD doc and then hit SUBMT.