Exam 4: Evaluating a Companys Resources, Capabilities, and Competitiveness

Which of the following is NOT part of the task of identifying the strategic issues and problems that merit front-burner managerial attention?

The means to enhance differentiation through activities at the forward end of the value chain system include:

A company that has competitive assets that are central to its company strategy and superior to those of rival firms creates a:

Whether a resource or capability can support a competitive advantage is determined by which two components of the four tests of competitive power analysis?

Organizational capabilities are virtually always:

Briefly discuss the meaning and significance of each of the following terms. a.SWOT analysis b.company value chain c.industry value chain d.activity-based costing e.benchmarking

In a weighted competitive strength assessment,the sum of the weights should add up to:

The higher a company's costs are above those of close rivals,the more:

Explain why a weighted competitive strength assessment is important.

When a company is good at performing a particular internal activity,it is said to have:

Which of the following is NOT an option for remedying a supplier-related cost disadvantage?

A company lacking stand-alone resource strength should focus on bundling several resource strengths into a core competence.True or false? Explain and support your answer.

The external market opportunities which are MOST relevant to a company are the ones that:

External threats may pose various degrees of adversity upon the company and can surface from many sources and examples,EXCEPT for:

Tangible resources do not include:

With its focus on value-creating activities,the value chain:

To improve the effectiveness of its value proposition and enhance differentiation,firms must adopt certain approaches except:

Sizing up a company's complement of resource strengths and weaknesses:

Assigning a weight to each measure of competitive strength assessment is generally analytically superior because:

If a company doesn't possess standalone resource strengths capable of contributing to competitive advantage: