Measurement problems with the functional structure tend to get more severe when:

a. the CEO begins to decentralize authority

b. the company begins to increase sales volume significantly

c. the company begins to expand its product line

d. the company wants to take advantage of significant economies of scale in production

Decisions of how to distribute decision-making authority in the organization to control value creation activities best are called___choices

a. vertical integration

b. horizontal differentiation

c. vertical differentiation

d. integration

Which of the following is a tactic tat companies a mature industry employ to help them manage capacity?

a. price leadership

b. preemption

c. economies of scope

d. proliferation

The intensity of rivalry in a declining industry is likely going to be most severe when:

a. the industry product is commodity-like

b. the industry product is differentiated

c. the decline is likely to be slow and steady

d. exit barriers are low