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strategic management 5th
Strategic Management A Competitive Advantage Approach Concepts And Cases 16th Edition Fred R David, Forest R. David - Solutions
Show algebraically that the price earnings ratio method of calculating the cash value of a company is identical to the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price method.
List the marketing mix variables. Give an example of each.
Define and give an example of wikis and tweets.
Define a vacant niche using an example.
Illustrate an EPS/EBIT chart that reflects negative EPS values.
Given the seven R&D policies mentioned in the chapter, which four do you feel would be best for Audi to utilize?Why?
Explain five methods for determining the cash value of a company.
In developing projected financial statements, why should the preparer not use historical percentages too heavily?
Explain in your own words the process of developing projected financial statement analysis.
What are the three major R&D approaches to implementing strategies? Which approach would you prefer as owner of a small software company? Why?
In accounting terms, distinguish between intangibles and goodwill on a balance sheet. Why do these two items generally stay the same on projected financial statements?
Show algebraically that the price earnings ratio formula is identical to the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price formula. Why are the values obtained from these two methods sometimes different?
What amount of dividends did Royal Dutch Shell pay in 2015? How much of 2015’s earnings did Shell reinvest back into the company?
In performing an EPS/EBIT analysis, where does the tax rate percentage come from?
In performing an EPS/EBIT analysis, where does the first row of (EBIT) numbers come from?
How would dividends affect an EPS/EBIT analysis?Would it be correct to refer to “earnings after taxes, interest, and dividends” as retained earnings for a given year?
A product-positioning rule given in the chapter is that“when there are only two competitors, the middle becomes the preferred strategic position.” Illustrate this for the cruise ship industry where two firms, Carnival and Royal Caribbean, dominate. Illustrate this for the commercial airliner
Explain how and why the Internet makes market segmentation easier?
Why is it essential for organizations to segment markets and target particular groups of consumers?
How important or relevant do you believe purposebased marketing is for organizations today?
“Television viewers are passive viewers of ads whereas Internet users take an active role in choosing what to look at—so customers on the Internet are tougher for marketers to reach.” Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Explain your answer.
For companies in general, identify and discuss three opportunities and three threats associated with social networking activities on the Internet.
Review the website of a company that you are familiar with. Discuss the extent to which that organization has instituted the new principles of marketing according to Parise, Guinan, and Weinberg.
Consider the Cohesion Case on Nestlé. Calculate that company’s tax rate, which is a common calculation needed in performing EPS/EBIT analysis.
List in order of importance the limitations of the EPS/EBIT analysis.
List and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using debt versus equity, as a means of raising capital.
Illustrate a product-positioning map for your college or university.
Illustrate a product-positioning map for Royal Dutch Shell. Include three rival firms in your matrix.
Explain how to develop an advertising strategy.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has been successful for decades.Analyze their year-end 2015 financials. List six points that best summarize Shell’s performance in 2015.
HYMTF stock sold for $39 on 21 August, 2015. If the stock price rises 39 percent as expected, what would the price become?
On a BCG Matrix for Hyundai, what would be an appropriate IGR value for the company’s operations in China?
On a BCG Matrix for Hyundai, what would be the RMSP value for company’s operations in South Korea?
How are the SWOT Matrix, SPACE Matrix, BCG Matrix, IE Matrix, and Grand Strategy Matrix similar?How are they different?
Explain the steps involved in developing a QSPM.
How many board of directors members are ideal?
Since 40.2 percent of all cigarettes sold are Marlboro, followed by 12.2 percent for Newport, what is Newport’s relative market share position in a BCG Matrix sense?
List some limitations of the SPACE Matrix.
Regarding the principles of good governance in the chapter, list in order of importance the top seven guidelines.
For a non-profit company, list in order of importance the top 10 board-of-director duties and responsibilities.
Regarding a Grand Strategy Matrix, identify two companies that would be located in your judgment in each quadrant—identify eight firms total.
Find an example of a company, on the Internet, which has both a Cash Cow and a Question Mark division.
Explain why a before and after BCG and IE analysis can be useful in presenting a strategic plan for consideration.
Write a short essay that reveals your recommendations to firms, regarding disclosure of financial information.
Develop a QSPM for a local company that you are familiar with.
Explain the limitations of the BCG, SPACE, and SWOT.
Develop a BCG Matrix for your college or university.
Develop a SPACE Matrix for your college or university.
Discuss the pros and cons of Sweden’s new board-of director rule regarding women.
For a business in your city, list in order of importance the top eight board-of-director duties and responsibilities listed in the chapter.
In order of attractiveness to you, rank the political Tactics presented in Chapter 9.
Discuss the characteristics of successful strategists in terms of political factions within the firm.
Would a QSPM analysis be useful without the weight column? Why or why not?
Develop a QSPM for yourself—given two strategies:1) go to graduate school or 2) begin working full-time.
Develop a Grand Strategy Matrix with two example companies in each quadrant, i.e., companies that you know something about and that you would place in those quadrants.
Prepare an IE Matrix for a company with two divisions that have 30 and 60 in revenues to go with 10 and 15 in profits.
Discuss the limitations of a BCG analysis and the limitations of a SPACE analysis.
Develop a SPACE Matrix for a firm that is a weak competitor competing in a slow growing and unstable industry. Label axes and quadrants clearly.
Develop an example BCG Matrix for a company that has three divisions with revenues of 4, 8, and 12 and profits of 5, 3, and 2, respectively.
Discuss the pros and cons of divulging divisional information to stakeholders.
What would be an appropriate SP rating for Unilever?
Develop an example SPACE Matrix for a global company that you are familiar with. Include two factors for each of the four axes (SP, IP, SP, and CP).
Develop an example SWOT Matrix for your college or university with two items in each quadrant. Make sure your strategies clearly exemplify “matching” and show this with (S1, T2) type notation.
Illustrate the strategy formulation framework that includes three stages and nine analytical tools. Which stage and tool do you feel is most important? Why?
Why is “matching” internal with external factors such an important strategic management activity?
Develop a SWOT Matrix for yourself.
If Unilever has the leading market share in Russia, where along the top axis of a BCG Matrix would their Russia Operations be plotted?
When constructing a SPACE Matrix, would it be appropriate to use a 1 to 10 scale for all axes?
Why is it important to work row by row instead of column by column in preparing a QSPM?
Explain what should be done if the SPACE vector coordinate point is (0,0).
Develop a Grand Strategy Matrix for Unilever and include one rival firm.
Understand the “Implications for Students” section and discuss what is to be in mind while preparing strategyformulation matrices.
In preparing a QSPM, what should be done if the TAS for each strategy are identical?
Explain why the CEO of a firm should not also be chairperson of the board of directors.
Go to Adidas’ website and examine what you can find about the company’s board of directors. Evaluate Adidas’board based on guidelines presented in the chapter.
Is there a limit to the number of strategies that could be examined in a QSPM? Why?
List four reasons why the IE Matrix is widely considered to be superior to the BCG Matrix.
In preparing a BCG Matrix, what would be the best range for the IGR axis as applied to the beverage industry?
In preparing a SPACE Matrix, which axis would the European political and economic unrest fall under?
Do a Google search using the key terms “boards of directors.” What new information did you learn that was not given in the chapter?
Develop a QSPM for Unilever that includes two strategies, six internal factors, and six external factors. What strategy appears to be best for Unilever to pursue?
Develop a BCG Matrix for Unilever. Explain the implications of your Matrix.
Develop a SPACE Matrix for Unilever. Explain the implications of your Matrix.
What do you believe are the three major external opportunities that Unilever faces?
Give an internal and external strength of Unilever.Show how those two factors are related to reveal a feasible alternative strategy.
Unilever has done really well for decades. How does Unilever do so well? How can they continue to prosper?
Visit Aldi’s website, www.aldi.com, and develop a competitive analysis for Woolworths as per what Aldi is doing and the extent to which Aldi is a threat in Australia. What can and should Woolworths do to combat the threat?
Visit Woolworth’s company website (http://www.woolworths.com.au) and evaluate their commitment to the natural environment.
Compare and contrast the duties and responsibilities of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in a large firm.
Describe the “process of performing an external audit”in an organization doing strategic planning for the first time.
Global cybersecurity spending by critical infrastructure industries exceeds $50 billion annually, and is rising above 10 percent annually. Security is major concern for all businesses, yet complete security is something most businesses cannot financially afford to install.Discuss.
Should a company take a political stand against smoking, potentially losing millions of customers that smoke?
The value of the dollar was recently extremely high, a seven year high to the yen, a two-year high to the euro, and a five-year high to the Australian dollar.What impact does that have on Americans traveling abroad and foreigners traveling to the USA? Does the same analogous effect happen with your
Compare and contrast competitive intelligence programs across several organizations that you are familiar with.
Apply Porter’s Five-Forces Model to IBM. What strategic implications arise in that analysis?
Explain how the external assessment would, or should be different for non-profit organizations versus corporations.
Differentiate between making assumptions and making wild guesses about future opportunities, and threats facing business firms.
Regarding sources of external information, visit the www.finance.yahoo.com website and enter IBM; click on Headlines, and identify three major new initiatives the company has undertaken.
Cooperating with competitors is becoming more common. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this for a company?
List in order of importance what you feel are the six major advantages of a weak euro for a Europe-based firm headquartered in a country that has the euro as its currency.
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