Assignment Chapter 2

1. Recently Congress passed a bill to subsidize semi-conductor manufacturers in the US.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-congress-poised-pass-long-awaited-bill-boost-chipmakers-compete-with-china-2022-07-28/

In response to our Chapter 2 reading assignment would this be a macroenvironment or competitive environment for a company in the US producing this product. (ie Intel, Texas Instrument, AMD, Micron....etc) On page 44 the text talks about laws and regulations. Consider the narrative written about this, would you say that is a strategic constraint on the industry or a competitive advantage? Develop and defend your position and feel free to utilize other sources but be sure to cite any references used.

1. Strategic maneuvering as mentioned on page 54 of the text breaks the heading into

a. domain selection

b. diversification

c. merger and acquisition

d. divestiture and

e. defenders vs. prospectors.

Our highlighted company this week was Amazon. Pick one of the subheadings (a, b, c, d, e) and discuss this in relation to Amazon. Remember this requires you defend your position and develop the reasons.