Question 1: Are McDonald's growth strategies appropriate to assure continued growth given current market conditions? Do these strategies assure growth should market conditions change? How would you compare McDonald's and Wal-Mart's growth strategies?
Question 2: Perform a SWOT analysis of McDonald's as a part of your response to the questions.
Question 3: Identify and analyze the main strategic choices that McDonald's has made at the business, functional, corporate, and global level in responding to the questions.
Question 4: Compare the growth strategies of McDonald's versus Wal-Mart.