What makes an ability (or set of abilities) a core competency?

2. Pick a company you are familiar with (I've picked Apple Company) . Can you identify some of its core competencies
4. What methods do you believe were used to assess the project? What methods do you believe should have been used to assess the project?
6. Will different methods of evaluating a project typically yield the same conclusions about whether to fund its development? Why or why not?
8. Identify an example of collaboration between two or more organizations. What were the advantages and disadvantages of collaboration versus solo development? What collaboration mode did the partners choose? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the collaboration mode?
10. What are the differences between patents, copyrights, and trademarks?
12. What factors do you believe influenced the choice of protection strategy used for the innovation identified above? Do you think the strategy was a good choice?
14. Consider a group project you have worked on at work or school (Please use Group Project about Marketing campaign at work). Did your group use mostly sequential or parallel processes?
16. What are the trade-offs in choosing a team's size and level of diversity?
18. Identify an example of a development project, and what type of team you believe they used. Do you think this was the appropriate type of team given the nature of the project?
20. What are some advantages and disadvantages of collocation? For what types of projects are virtual teams inappropriate?
22. What factors will (or should) influence a firm's pricing strategy?
24. Pick a product you know well. What intermediaries do you think are used in bringing this product to market? What valuable services do you think these intermediaries provide?
26. What marketing strategies are used by the producers of the product you identified for Question 14? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these marketing strategies?