Exam 2: Goals, Values and Performance

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The inclusion of Corporate Social Responsibility along with the Profit Maximisation motive means that there is little need for further debate on "the role of the firm".

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If a corporation is a living organization with social responsibilities, how would the players in the defense or tobacco industries justify their corporate goals, and their mission, and balance them with human values?

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Most of the tools used by top decision-makers in the private-sector corporate world are based upon the central assumption of profit maximization

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What is the most important for strategic management: preserving stability or flexibility to allow change and adaptation?

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Backward-looking performance measures include:

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Time is an essential factor in assessing a firm's current performance, and its expected future performance

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Examples of strategic positioning using the real option approach are:

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There are different ways of assessing firms' performance under the central assumption of profit maximization. The very choice of one way instead of another may significantly change the result of firms' performance rankings

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ROIC, ROE and ROA are indicators that share the following important characteristic:

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Influential management theorists such as Friedman, Allen, Handy, Porter and Prahalad:

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Business strategy is primarily a quest for:

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Value can be created by:

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Question 52

To evaluate its strategies, PepsiCo has in the 1990s:

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Question 53

In a broad sense, creating value includes two elements:

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The balanced scorecard method developed by Kaplan and Norton attempts to balance short term financial and operational goals against long term financial and strategic goals

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The field of "real option analysis" emerged in:

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Question 56

Value refers to the estimated monetary worth of a product or asset

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Question 57

The "real option" analysis developed in financial theory has applications in strategic management. The value of an "option" arises from the possibility to halt a project at various stages, while at the same time building on a head-start if you continue with it

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Question 58

Stagecoach, AMP, and Deustche Telecom are partnering in joint ventures with:

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Question 59

Maximizing enterprise value and maximizing shareholder value are linked because:

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The inclusion of Corporate Social Responsibility along with the Profit Maximisation motive means that there is little need for further debate on "the role of the firm".

If a corporation is a living organization with social responsibilities, how would the players in the defense or tobacco industries justify their corporate goals, and their mission, and balance them with human values?

Most of the tools used by top decision-makers in the private-sector corporate world are based upon the central assumption of profit maximization

What is the most important for strategic management: preserving stability or flexibility to allow change and adaptation?

Backward-looking performance measures include:

Time is an essential factor in assessing a firm's current performance, and its expected future performance

Examples of strategic positioning using the real option approach are:

There are different ways of assessing firms' performance under the central assumption of profit maximization. The very choice of one way instead of another may significantly change the result of firms' performance rankings

ROIC, ROE and ROA are indicators that share the following important characteristic:

Influential management theorists such as Friedman, Allen, Handy, Porter and Prahalad:

Business strategy is primarily a quest for:

Value can be created by:

To evaluate its strategies, PepsiCo has in the 1990s:

In a broad sense, creating value includes two elements:

The balanced scorecard method developed by Kaplan and Norton attempts to balance short term financial and operational goals against long term financial and strategic goals

The field of "real option analysis" emerged in:

Value refers to the estimated monetary worth of a product or asset

The "real option" analysis developed in financial theory has applications in strategic management. The value of an "option" arises from the possibility to halt a project at various stages, while at the same time building on a head-start if you continue with it

Stagecoach, AMP, and Deustche Telecom are partnering in joint ventures with:

Maximizing enterprise value and maximizing shareholder value are linked because:

The Concept of Strategy

Industry Analysis: the Fundamentals

Further Topics in Industry and Competitive Analysis

Analyzing Resources and Capabilities

Developing Resources and Capabilities

Organization Structure and Management Systems: the Fundamentals of Strategy Implementation

The Nature and Sources of Competitive Advantage

Cost Advantage

Differentiation Advantage

Industry Evolution and Strategic Change

Technology-Based Industries and the Management of Innovation

Competitive Advantage in Mature Industries

Vertical Integration and the Scope of the Firm

Global Strategies and the Multinational Corporation

Diversification Strategy

Implementing Corporate Strategy: Management of the Multibusiness Firm

Current Trends in Strategic Management

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