Exam 4: The External Environment

A valuable result of task environment analysis with respect to geographic,demographic,psychographic and buyer-behavior factors is called:

Political factors define the ______ parameters within which firms must operate.

Defining industry boundaries is a very difficult task because

The term ______ refers to the relationships among human beings and other living things and the air,soil and water that supports them.

A supplier group is powerful if:

A buyer group is powerful if:

High fixed costs is a factor in which of the five forces?

The state of competition is an industry,according to Porter,depends on ______ basic forces.

Included in a competitor profile is:

A buyer group is powerful if:

When we consider the level of disposable income,we are normally considering:

Which one of the following is NOT a tactic used by competitors when they jockey for position?

Substitute products that deserve the most attention strategically are those that are:

Exit barriers represent a determinant of

When aspirants are forced to accept either a large scale disadvantage of a cost disadvantage,they are face with problems of:

In intense rivalry,rivals are:

Rivalry among existing competitors takes the familiar form of:

Which of the following factors is NOT commonly seen as fostering brand identification?

The ______ environment compromises factors that originate beyond and usually irrespective of,any single firm's operating situation.

If price ceilings exist,substitute products are limited,unless: