QUESTION 31
1.
A good business definition will ____________.
a.
make imitation easy for
competitors
b.
remain static over time
c.
reflect creative exploration of opportunities in the competitive
space
d.
be based on imitating competitors
e.
None of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 32
1.
When there are many opportunities to gain global efficiencies
and customer demands require a relatively high level of local responsiveness,
it is best to develop and execute a/an ____________ vision.
a.
international
b.
transnational
c.
global
d.
multinational
e.
niche
5 points
QUESTION 33
1.
A __________ is a corporation that operates many businesses that
are largely unrelated.
a.
conglomerate
b.
niche player
c.
differentiator
d.
multinational firm
e.
None of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 34
1.
The simplest vehicle for international expansion is
_____________.
a.
to create alliances
b.
to export
c.
to consolidate structures across
boundaries
d.
to make foreign direct investments
e.
to merge with multinational
corporations
5 points
QUESTION 35
1.
___________ are used to access more capital through the world’s
stock markets.
a.
Net present value calculations
b.
Bootstrapping techniques
c.
IPOs
d.
Expatriates
e.
Value nets
5 points
QUESTION 36
1.
The risk of a price war is greatest in which of the following
circumstances?
a.
A high-growth industry
b.
An industry characterized by falling demand, high exit barriers, and
excessive productive capacity
c.
An industry characterized by a
“commodity-type” product, strong demand, and low exit barriers
d.
A mature industry during an
economic upturn
e.
An industry characterized by tacit
price agreements
5 points
QUESTION 37
1.
Which of the following is true regarding corporate governance?
a.
it includes pay and promotion
considerations
b.
it affects the way strategy is executed
c.
it is related to strategy
formulation
d.
it is related to strategy
implementation
e.
All of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 38
1.
__________ options may occur when an entry investment creates
opportunities to pursue valuable follow-up projects.
a.
Learning
b.
Growth
c.
Flexibility
d.
Exit
e.
Waiting-to-invest
5 points
QUESTION 39
1.
All of the following except _________ are global trends.
a.
increasing resource strains
b.
a growing number of consumers in
emerging economies
c.
decreasing global labor and talent markets
d.
increasing environmental strains
e.
shifting of economic activity
within countries and regions
5 points
QUESTION 40
1.
Corporate governance mechanism are ____________.
a.
pretty much the same wherever you
go
b.
are somewhat dependent on the national context in question
c.
characterized by an immediate
abandoning of the old established technology
d.
more adversarial between owners
and managers in Japan
e.
indifferent to the interests of
corporate shareholders
5 points
QUESTION 41
1.
The _____________ occurs when a new product generates rapid
growth and huge sales increases.
a.
IPO
b.
maturation phase
c.
takeoff period
d.
product life-cycle
e.
All of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 42
1.
Because every country has a relatively unique business
environment, the more country environments a firm must deal with, the
__________ cost(s) of coordinating operations across these diverse
environments.
a.
greater the difficulty and
b.
greater the chance of synergy and a lower
c.
lower the
d.
easier it will be to absorb
e.
None of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 43
1.
Making decisions about which value chain activities to engage in
while pursuing international strategies involves considering the _________
element.
a.
differentiators
b.
economic logic
c.
vehicles
d.
staging and pacing
e.
arenas
5 points
QUESTION 44
1.
The balanced scorecard ____________.
a.
balances costs against benefits
b.
measures strategy and vision against business and
operating-unit-level performance
c.
attempts to weigh the benefits of
combining cost leadership and differentiation
d.
focuses on only financial
objectives
e.
has nothing to do with personal
objectives
5 points
QUESTION 45
1.
Which of the following is false?
a.
Total benefits of
internationalization take the shape of a S-curve
b.
Total costs of
internationalization tend to increase with levels of internationalization
c.
Net gains from
internationalization tend to increase as levels of internationalization
increase
d.
Net gains from internationalization take on the shape of a S-curve
e.
Net gains from
internationalization are affected by the total costs of internationalization
5 points
QUESTION 46
1.
___________ suggests that because competitive actions will
generate reactions, a firm’s managers should predict reactions to its actions
and use that information to determine what would be the best course of action
given competitors’ likely reactions.
a.
Being
“stuck-in-the-middle”
b.
Institutional theory
c.
The theory of perfect competition
d.
Competitive interaction theory
e.
The resource-based theory of the
firm
5 points
QUESTION 47
1.
In ________ public firms are controlled by state-owned or
state-controlled share-holders.
a.
Detroit
b.
Flint
c.
China
d.
the U.S.A.
e.
both (a) and (b)
5 points
QUESTION 48
1.
When workers are treated as a commodity you can expect ________
pay and ________ commitment.
a.
low / high
b.
low / low
c.
high / low
d.
high / high
e.
All of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 49
1.
The Krispy Kreme case provides an example of ___________.
a.
how important it is to have a delicious doughnut
b.
the importance of good corporate
governance
c.
a company stock price that just keeps rising and rising
d.
how the pocket book is more
important than the stomach
e.
why public servants are often
found in doughnut shops
5 points
QUESTION 50
1.
Implementing the integration of a new acquisition is
______________.
a.
not so much an event as it is a continual process
b.
easy once the firm is acquired
c.
purely a cultural issue
d.
purely a technical issue
e.
a process in which
important decisions should be made slowly
5 points
QUESTION 51
1.
A company lacking only __________ will likely experience a very
stressful transformation.
a.
a clear communication of vision
b.
an appropriate structure
c.
a well thought-out execution plan
d.
the requisite skills
e.
the motivating incentives
5 points
QUESTION 52
1.
Potential advantages of alliances include ___________.
knowledge sharing
effective management
joint investment
complimentary resources
All of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 53
1.
In an industry with intense rivalry resulting in supply
consistently being higher than demand, you would expect the following type of
M&A:
a.
Product/Market extension
b.
Geographic roll-ups
c.
Industry convergence
d.
M&A as Research and Development
e.
Overcapacity M&A
5 points
QUESTION 54
1.
____________ call for managers to think of arenas as sites in
which to conduct experiments or launch probes into the possible future of the
firm and its strategy.
a.
Idiosyncratic resources
b.
Technological discontinuities
c.
Turbulent and hypercompetitive
markets
d.
Globalization strategies
e.
None of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 55
1.
Which of the following is a sound management practice?
Aiming for _________ and rewarding for _________.
a.
teamwork / individual effort
b.
candor / agreeing with the boss
c.
delayering / creating efficiency
d.
long-term growth / quarterly
earnings
e.
total quality / shipping on
schedule even with defects
5 points
QUESTION 56
1.
Which of the following industries contains the majority of the
top six revenue generating corporations?
a.
Automotive
b.
Banking
c.
Insurance
d.
Oil and Gas
e.
Telecommunications
5 points
QUESTION 57
1.
Which of the following is false?
a.
In dynamic environments, synergies are achieved through static
definitions of the business-unit arenas and formal structural links among
them.
b.
Monopolies tend to dictate the
price levels in a market by controlling supply.
c.
In the evolution of firms over
time, most leadership teams decide to expand into new businesses.
d.
Firms with a broad scope of
business activities have different demands for organizational structure than
firms that are narrowly focused.
e.
Perfect competition is the ideal
environment for maximizing firm profits.
5 points
QUESTION 58
1.
Entrepreneurship starts with _____________.
a.
venture capitalists
b.
angel investors
c.
financing
d.
an idea
e.
None of the Above
5 points
QUESTION 59
1.
__________ is best described as a web of shifting linkages among
evolving businesses.
a.
A social network
b.
High-end disruption
c.
Low-end disruption
d.
An agency problem
e.
Coevolution
5 points
QUESTION 60
1.
All of the following except ____________ are part of strategy
formulation.
a.
staging and pricing
b.
deciding on which industries to
compete in
c.
executing implementation levers
d.
considering the economic logic of your business model
e.
determining what will
differentiate your product or service
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