Questions from Strategic Management

Q: Why are industries fragmented? What are the primary ways in which

Why are industries fragmented? What are the primary ways in which companies can turn a fragmented industry into a consolidated industry?

Q: What are the key problems in maintaining a competitive advantage in embryonic

What are the key problems in maintaining a competitive advantage in embryonic and growth industry environments? What are the dangers associated with being the leader in an industry?

Q: Why did Apple place such emphasis on the applications that run on

Why did Apple place such emphasis on the applications that run on the iPhone? What is it trying to achieve by heavily promoting applications? Why did other companies rush to copy Apple’s strategies?

Q: Apple and Google are pursuing different strategies— Apple sells the device

Apple and Google are pursuing different strategies— Apple sells the device and the OS as a bundle (the iPhone), whereas Google does not make devices and licenses its Android OS phones to other device...

Q: What do we mean by strategy? How is a business model

What do we mean by strategy? How is a business model different from a strategy?

Q: Google licenses its Android OS to phone manufacturers for free. Why

Google licenses its Android OS to phone manufacturers for free. Why would it do this?

Q: Why are standards so important in high-tech industries? What

Why are standards so important in high-tech industries? What are the competitive implications of this?

Q: You work for a small company that has the leading position in

You work for a small company that has the leading position in an embryonic market. Your boss believes that the company’s future is ensured because it has a 60% share of the market, the lowest cost str...

Q: You are working for a small company that has developed an operating

You are working for a small company that has developed an operating system for PCs that is faster and more stable than Microsoft’s Windows operating system. What strategies might the company pursue to...

Q: You are a manager for a major music record label. Last

You are a manager for a major music record label. Last year, music sales declined by 10%, primarily because of very high piracy rates for CDs. Your boss has asked you to develop a strategy for reducin...