When Conducting an Internal Analysis, a Manager Must Do All

Multiple Choice

When conducting an internal analysis, a manager must do all of the following EXCEPT:

A) look at the way in which forces in the macroenvironment affect industry structure and influence opportunities and threats.
B) understand the role of rare, valuable, and hard-to-imitate resources in the establishment of competitive advantage.
C) appreciate how rare, valuable, and hard-to-imitate resources lead to superior efficiency, innovation, quality, and customer responsiveness.
D) analyze the sources of their company's competitive advantage to identify what drives the profitability of their enterprise.
E) analyze the sources of their company's competitive advantage to identify where opportunities for improvement might be.