1.Click this link https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-perils-of-bad-strategy and read it thoroughly and analyze carefully. Answers the questions.

-Identify the key resources and capabilities.

-Ascertain the competitive advantage for the company and have it summarized.

Illustrate your answer with examples.

2.Choose one company (among the top 10 performing companies worldwide)and answer the questions.

-Identify the competitors you primary and secondary players?

-Identify which competitors are the ones firms should be most concerned with and why?

-Choose two likely competitive dimensions that describe the key strategies decisions in the industry. You can use your own matrix in plotting your answer.

-Briefly describe the CSFs for the chosen company?

3.Value chain analysis

-Construct the value chain for a traditional furniture manufacturer (Six basic steps starting with design? Refer this diagram below.

Diagram of IKEA furniture

-Given the above the diagram of IKEA, depict the value chain

-Identify the advantages it gives the company

-Determine the four key capabilities IKEA needs to make its business model work.

4.Read the case study on Cirque du Soleil or click this link

https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/bos-moves/cirque-du-soleil/ and then answer the

following questions: Use the flatform below.

-Using the Four Framework, identify what Cirque de Soleil eliminated/reduced from

traditional circuses and what unique additions they created/raised.

-Using the Business Model Canvass (BMC) insert the elements noted aboveinto

the correct building and then identify the other building block elements that are

impated by the first set.

-What is the primary lesson learned from the Cirque du Soleil case?

-What barriers to entry has Cirque du Soleil established to deter competitors.

5.Using the flat form below, draw the circle to represent the size of the market.

Then draw and answer the following questions.

-Indicate the size of the SBUs market share within the market circle (sales/Total

Market share)

-Select one of the SBUs-easiest to us either the strongest or weakest SBU

(Examine their relative market position-sales and profitability).

-Position the SBU along one of the axes (determine the place of the market circle on one of the axis (either industry attractiveness or SBU Strength-choose the most obvious axis).

-Now that you have the SBU on one axis determine the position on the second axis.

6.Read the case study on Fuller's and answer the following questions.

-Who are the potential stakeholders that are affected by this acquisition and why?

-Identify all the potential benefits to Fuller's of this purchase.

-Describe in some details the three primary reasons for Fuller's making this acquisition.

-Prior to the completion of the acquisition, what do you believe are the biggest risk Fuller's is making in this purchase.