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Assignment Details: 

In this assignment, you will choose the topic listed below which is the subject of economic change and innovation in the period of the late 1800s and early 1900s, then write a paper on the subject. 

One topic is on the individual level of pioneering entrepreneurs of the period, who developed distinctive strategies for the production and marketing of very different parts types of products. 

The other topic is on the macro level, exploring successful and unsuccessful government attempts to shape and regulate the changing industrial economy of the period.

Must use a minimum of three sources (primarily the ones in the list below) to write your paper.

TOPIC: Innovative Entrepreneurs – Walker and Ford

Here you will focus on the business approaches of Madame C. J. Walker and Henry Ford. Both developed innovative and successful approaches in a time of rapid economic change. You will compare them in the way they started their respective businesses and the key innovative features that made each successful. One might find virtues, problems, and successes associated with both. You might see elements of each in strategies of later leaders and related issues even today.

Sources to use: Schultz, p. 396-7 (only Ford is discussed in our textbook). For Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919), see ; and . For Henry Ford, see .

You may use additional sources, but these MUST be used. 

Additional assignment details: 

Must be typed, double spaced between lines, using Times New Roman font, Calibri, Arial, or Courier (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and sources must follow SWS format. You must have a Sources list at the end; each source listed must also be cited in the body of the paper with an in-text citation.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the Sources page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The body of the paper should be six paragraphs and a total of 600-to-800 words in length not including the source page. The 600 minimum is firm; you really have not adequately developed the paper if less than that. The 800 maximum is a loose guideline. The body of the paper is to be double-spaced.