1. What benefits do entrepreneurs who compete in business plan competitions such as the one at Texas Christian
University gain?
2. Work with a team of your classmates to brainstorm ideas
for establishing a business plan competition on your cam-
pus. How would you locate judges? What criteria
would you use to judge the plans? What prizes would you
offer the winners, and how would you raise the money to
give those prizes? Who would you allow to compete in
your competition?
3. Using the ideas you generated in question 2, create a two-
page proposal for establishing a business plan competition
at your school.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Zara, a global retail and apparel manufacturer based in spain that has successfully implemented this idea by having a continuous flow of new products that are typically limited in supply. zara has created a system that draws its clientèle into its stores, on average, 17 times per year as compared to 4 times per year for most stores. how is zara using it to gain competitive advantage? what specific technologies are used by zara to maintain this advantage over its competition?

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