Senior Business Seminar- Assignment #6

Read chapter 2 and the case study at the end of the chapter, "The Collapse of Enron". By 10:00 AM on October 2, please do the following. Your group will be assigned one of the five questions at the end of the case. The first person in your group to post should publish a new post labeled: Enron-Question #_- their first and last name. The rest of your group members should publish their remarks under comments to their fellow group member. They should specifically state whether they agree or disagree with the original post and support their position. The last person in the group to post must summarize the best thinking of the group.

Level 3 Communication Question #4- Brendan Stribula

The emergent strategies of Level 3 have been to purchase the two companies, Software Spectrum and Corporate Software. These two companies sell, install, and do the maintenance for software made by companies. These two companies serviced nearly 9,000 people. Originally it was not in the plan to purchase these companies but with the possible threat of bankruptcy on the horizon, Level 3 had to act fast. By purchasing these companies, Level 3 could use its fiber-optic network to not only dispense but maintain the upkeep of the software. This would in fact lower their own costs, and strengthen the views of the company by investors.

Another strategy made by Jim Crowe was to acquire one of its bankrupt competitors for a fairly low price in order to consolidate the industry and get rid of competitors. The market was changing, and therefore Crowe's strategies changed as well as his company decided to offer Voice over Internet Protocol services to its customers.

Level 3 Communication # 3 by Adam McClellan

Jim Crowe though that internet traffic was increasing by 1,000 percent, but in reality it was increasing by 100 percent a day. The reason why Crowe and his company was so succesful was because he was putting so much money back into the company. With all the money he put into the company he began to invest in certain software to improve his company. These investments lead to stockholders having security when investing in Crowes company. This also helped secure Level 3 communication. Jim was not succesful at first but with the use of Level 3 communication and smart investing he brought his company to the top of fiber optic companies.

Level 3 communication #3

Jim Crowe though that internet traffic was increasing by 1,000 percent, but in reality it was increasing by 100 percent a day. The reason why Crowe and his company was so succesful was because he was putting so much money back into the company. With all the money he put into the company he began to invest in certain software to improve his company. These investments lead to stockholders having security when investing in Crowes company. This also helped secure Level 3 communication. Jim was not succesful at first but with the use of Level 3 communication and smart investing he brought his company to the top of fiber optic companies.