please answer these questions these are the multiple question only one is the answer

1.A joint venture is:

-Is an alliance in which two or more firms own different percentages of the company the have formed by combining some of their resources and capabilities to create a competitive advantage.

-Is an alliance in which two or more firms develop a contractual relationship to share so of their unique resources and capabilities to create competitive advantage.

-All of the above

-None of the above

2.Companies with fairly broad product lines that focus on product innovations and mark opportunities are what strategic type?-Initiators

-analyzers

-prospectors

-defenders

3.Weight in column 2 of the IFS Table refers to:

-a particular factor's probable impact on that company's strategic position

-the significance of a particular company within a particular industry.

-how well a company is performing in the industry.

-whether a factor is important in the long or short term.

4.Which of the following is NOT a guideline for proper control?

-control shoulld involve only a minimum of information

-long term, as well as short. term controls, should be used.

-controls should be timely so that corrective actions can be taken before it is too late

-controls should measure all activities in order to be comprehensive.

5.Which method of matching rewards to the accomplishment of strategic objectives is particularly appropriate for measuring and rewarding the performance of top SBU managers and group executives when performance factors and their importance vary from one SBU to another?

-segmentation method

- long-term evaluation method

individual evaluation method

-weighted-factor method

6.The kind of strategic alliance in which there is a partnership of similar companies in industries who pool their resources to gain a benefit that is too expensive to develop alone

-joint venture.

licensing agreement.

-value-chain partnership.

- mutual service consortia.

7.Strategic goals can be accomplished through defining an action plan. Which one of the f is NOT one of the components which make up an action plan?

-states what action is going to be taken

-states by whom the action will be done

-states during what time frame the action will be done

- states where the action will be done

8.The term used in strategy implementation that describes a statement of activities or steps needed to accomplish a single-use plan and whose use is to make the strategy action-oriented

- program.

- guidelines.

- budgets.

- course of action