Scaffolded Research Project

A scaffolded research project that culminates in a before and after analysis of a US firm that has been broken up by the US government or been subject to disciplinary action for violation of US anti-trust laws. The paper will: provide a brief history of the firm and of how antitrust issues lead to the break up/disciplinary action, discuss the market structure both before and after the break up/disciplinary action (i.e., using the characteristics enumerated in the textbook for market structures), explain how the nature of goods and services the firm provides to the marketplace have changed, as well as the firm’s relationship with the US government.

The research paper has three milestones leading up to the final paper:

Milestone One: Research Topic Proposal, 20 points

Milestone Two:  Research Paper Sources,  20 points

Milestone Three:  Research Paper Outline, 30 points

The research paper will use at least 3 academic but not necessarily peer-reviewed sources and at least 1 peer-reviewed academic source. (The textbook can be used, but does not count toward the minimum 4 sources.) Including graphs and a references page, the research paper will be the equivalent of 7 APA formatted pages and will be presented and documented in APA style. The research paper will be automatically evaluated for originality by Blackboard SafeAssign. The research paper is worth 200 points total. The research paper assesses Pathways SLOs 1-6, and Gateway LOs A, B, C, D, E.