Due No Due Date Points 10 Submitting a text entry box, a website url, or a file upload 1) Read Chapters 1 and 2 in the text and submit answers to the following four questions: (and also comment on this weeks discussion in the Discussions link on the left) 1. Illustrate and describe the four major growth strategies, including the two primary dimensions, which differentiate them. In an industry of interest to you (such as your thesis product), name four firms, each of which is pursuing a different one of the four growth strategies. Explain why you think each of the four firms is pursuing its specific strategy 2. A manufacturing firm may have objectives to perform well in as many as eight performance criteria. Name the eight possible performance objectives and give specific examples of at least three objectives for a manufacturing business of interest to you or your thesis company. 3. Name at least three syndicated data service providers, the names of the services they provide and what their data measures. (do this in a table.... For a product or service of interest to you, describe how you would use at least one service providers data in regards to your thesis company/product. 4. Name at least three data collection methods used in market research. Think of and name a product or service on which you want to do more market research. Name at least three advantages and three disadvantages of each data collection method for your subject. (do this in a table...) Which data collection method would you use? File Upload Text Entry Website URL Office 365 Upload a file, or choose a file you've already uploaded. File: no file selected Choose File dtvm 9 w 0 Due No Due Date Points 10 Submitting a text entry box, a website url, or a file upload 1) Read Chapters 1 and 2 in the text and submit answers to the following four questions: (and also comment on this weeks discussion in the Discussions link on the left) 1. Illustrate and describe the four major growth strategies, including the two primary dimensions, which differentiate them. In an industry of interest to you (such as your thesis product), name four firms, each of which is pursuing a different one of the four growth strategies. Explain why you think each of the four firms is pursuing its specific strategy 2. A manufacturing firm may have objectives to perform well in as many as eight performance criteria. Name the eight possible performance objectives and give specific examples of at least three objectives for a manufacturing business of interest to you or your thesis company. 3. Name at least three syndicated data service providers, the names of the services they provide and what their data measures. (do this in a table.... For a product or service of interest to you, describe how you would use at least one service providers data in regards to your thesis company/product. 4. Name at least three data collection methods used in market research. Think of and name a product or service on which you want to do more market research. Name at least three advantages and three disadvantages of each data collection method for your subject. (do this in a table...) Which data collection method would you use? File Upload Text Entry Website URL Office 365 Upload a file, or choose a file you've already uploaded. File: no file selected Choose File dtvm 9 w 0