New Semester
Started
Get
50% OFF
Study Help!
--h --m --s
Claim Now
Question Answers
Textbooks
Find textbooks, questions and answers
Oops, something went wrong!
Change your search query and then try again
S
Books
FREE
Study Help
Expert Questions
Accounting
General Management
Mathematics
Finance
Organizational Behaviour
Law
Physics
Operating System
Management Leadership
Sociology
Programming
Marketing
Database
Computer Network
Economics
Textbooks Solutions
Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Management Leadership
Cost Accounting
Statistics
Business Law
Corporate Finance
Finance
Economics
Auditing
Tutors
Online Tutors
Find a Tutor
Hire a Tutor
Become a Tutor
AI Tutor
AI Study Planner
NEW
Sell Books
Search
Search
Sign In
Register
study help
business
strategic management
Strategic Management: A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts And Cases 16th Global Edition Fred R David; Forest R David - Solutions
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?
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?
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.
List in order of importance what you feel are the six major advantages of a weak dollar for a U.S.-based firm.
Discuss the I/O view or approach to strategic planning.
Compare the ratings in an EFE Matrix with those in a CPM in terms of meaning and definition.
List the 10 external areas that give rise to opportunities and threats. Give an example of each for IBM.
Your boss develops an EFE Matrix that includes 54 factors.How would you suggest reducing the number of factors to 20?
Contact your college library. Ask if they have the S&P Industry Surveys in hardcopy (or online) in the library.If they do, print out the relevant report for a company that you are familiar with.
Develop a CPM for a company that you or your parents have been employed.
List 10 external trends or facts pertaining specifically to your country that would impact companies in your city.
Distinguish between ratings and weights in an EFE Matrix.
Develop an EFE Matrix for your college or university.
Identify an industry in which “bargaining power of suppliers”is the most important factor among Porter’s variables.
Using Porter’s Five-Forces Model, explain competitiveness for a local fast food restaurant.
Discuss the pros and cons of gathering and assimilating competitive intelligence.
Choose any four industries and explain how wireless technology is impacting four industries.
Regarding political, governmental, and legal variables, list in order of importance six specific factors that you feel most greatly impact your college or university.
Regarding social, cultural, demographic, and natural environment variables, list in order of importance six specific factors that you feel most greatly impact your college or university.
Explain why U.S.-based firms, such as McDonald’s, greatly benefit from a weak dollar.
Regarding economic variables, list in order of importance six specific factors that you feel greatly impact your college or university.
Give four reasons why you agree or do not agree with I/O theorists.
List the 10 key external forces that give rise to opportunities and threats. Give a specific example of each force, for your college or university.
Read and summarize Chapter 10’s “Implications for Students,” which emphasizes on gaining and sustaining competitive advantage as the overriding purpose of developing the EFE Matrix and the CPM.
Identify two companies that you think would have a 1.5 total weighted score on their EFE Matrix. Why?Identify two companies that would have a 3.5 total weighted score on their EFE Matrix. Why?
Does the Arab Spring, in the Middle East, represent more of an opportunity or threat to companies? Explain.
List four reasons why some countries in Europe are struggling economically in comparison to Asian countries.What is the strategic implication for companies?
The size of American labor unions have fallen sharply in the last decade, mostly due to the erosion of the U.S.manufacturing base. How does the situation in any country of Europe compare to the United States in this regard?What is the strategic implication for companies?
A political debate in the United States concerns sales taxes on the Internet. Most states do not collect a sales tax on online products. How does the situation in any country of Europe compare with the United States, in terms of sales tax on items purchased online? What is the strategic implication
Of the many competitors it has, which firm do you think worries Michelin most about? Why? Prepare a Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) that includes Michelin and the rival firm you identified.
Michelin has been very successful in the last decade.In your opinion, what strategy changes would Michelin need in 2016?
Which country recently achieved its goal of having the most business-friendly tax system of the Group of Seven (G-7) nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
Is the number languages increasing or decreasing globally?What are the strategic implications?
Make a good argument for keeping the statutory corporate tax rate in the United States the highest in the world. Make a counterargument.
Discuss how business etiquette at dinner varies across countries.
In terms of presenting flowers as business gifts, compare and contrast the practices and customs across three countries.
Discuss the business culture in Australia.
Compare sexual harassment policies and practices in your country with those in the United States.
Select three countries in South America. Prepare a one-page summary for each to reveal their attractiveness for foreign direct investment. For each of the three countries, prepare a one-page summary analyzing their suitability for foreign direct investment.
What is required to be done in a strategic-management case analysis?
Compare business practice and culture in your own country versus the United States.
Which six African countries do you feel are most suitable for foreign investment?
Africa is rapidly joining the world economic community.Give 10 examples to justify this.
Showing 2800 - 2900
of 5817
First
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Last
Step by Step Answers
Get 50% OFF
Claim Now
