Discussion for Chapter 4: Capacity Planning

Discussion for Chapter 4: Process Strategy and Analysis

On the discussion board, we will be discussing Discussion Question 3, found at the end of Chapter 4 (Page 152): Identify an industry in which expansionist strategy has generally been followed by most firms in the past. Under which conditions will it be better for a firm to follow the wait-and-see strategy rather than the expansionist strategy? Then identify a firm or an industry that has done so successfully.

Please support your opinions, for example, using your knowledge, experience, understanding/reasoning, observation, real-world examples/cases, and/or other sources. If you are using online resources as well, please provide a link to those online resources (e.g., news, cases, etc. etc.)

Discussion boards will be open only during the time frame allocated on the course schedule for this module, so you will need to make your contributions during that period. Every student is expected to participate in every discussion board.

However, before the discussion opens, you can and should read the book chapter including the cases and examples in that chapter. You may respond to the questions directly, or to your classmates' responses.

If you want to respond to a classmate's answer, post as a reply to her/his post. Do the same if you want to ask a question closely related to that post.