EC assignment

EC assignment This EC assignment is intended to help you develop your competitive industry research skills.  You will be using a database available through the library, Hoover's Online, to do your research.  You must use Hoover's for this assignment. Step 1: Pick a company of interest to you.  You may want to choose a company you're interviewing or one in an industry of interest.  I chose Alibaba Company (BABA) to analyze. Click on the following link: https://uclid.uc.edu.proxy.libraries.uc.edu/search/t choose title and search “Hoover’s online” , click search. y , then click connect to resource online. It will show you the mergent homepage, choose continue. Step 4:  Type the name of your company in the Search box. (Alibaba  NYSE is BABA) Select the corporate headquarters location for your firm. • • • • • • • •    Step 5:  Prepare a 1-2 page report for your firm that shows: • o    Firm Name o    Industry description, industry revenues and profitability (Industry median is fine) o    List of 2-4 primary competitors in order of market share - largest to lowest based on the Hoover's data. o    Financial data (annual): Sales, Sales growth, Net Income, Net Income growth and Stock quote o    A summary of a recent article about the firm •    Remember all of this information is readily available in the Hoover's database.