1. This VRIO component indicates that a firm's structure and control mechanisms must be aligned to give people the ability and incentive to exploit the resources and capabilities. These structure and control mechanisms complement other firm resources-taken together, they can help a firm achieve

Sustainable competitive advantage, a) Valuable

b) Rare

c) Inimitable

d) Organizationable

2. This analytical tool helps evaluate both market share and growth rates among current business segments of a company and thus realign them via

itional investment and shrinkage.

a) VRIO

b) Value chain diagram

c) five forces

d) BGC matrix

e) positioning map

3. This analytical tool allows us to locate the primary sources of firm performance, and potential misfits among all primary and supporting activitie

a) DuPont

c) VRIO

d) Value chain

e) Balance scorecard

4. Which ones are NOT a business-level strategy? (Choose TWO)

a) Acquisitions

b) low cost

c) product differentiation

d) Niche

e) Diversification

5. Which ones are NOT a corporate-level strategy? (Choose TWO)

a) financing

b) acquisitions

c) alliance

d) vertical integration

e) low cost

6. Which ratio best explains the market leadership of Walmart in the retail industry?

a) equity multiplier

b) COGS

c) PPE

d) asset turnover