Questions from Strategic Management

Q: Using information in this Mini-Case as well as additional materials

Using information in this Mini-Case as well as additional materials available to you via searches, how do you evaluate Tim Cook as a CEO? Is he an effective strategic leader or not? Use examples from...

Q: This Mini-Case suggests that a lack of continuous innovation contributed

This Mini-Case suggests that a lack of continuous innovation contributed to American Express’s (Am Ex) poor performance in 2014. Assuming this is true, what factors might prevent a firm the size and s...

Q: Use material from Chapter 4 to identify the business-level strategy

Use material from Chapter 4 to identify the business-level strategy Am Ex uses. What dimensions do you believe Am Ex should emphasize to use the strategy you identified successfully across time?

Q: What actions do you believe Amax should take to establish an entrepreneurial

What actions do you believe Amax should take to establish an entrepreneurial mind-set among employees throughout the company?

Q: This Mini-Case includes descriptions of recent Am Ex innovations.

This Mini-Case includes descriptions of recent Am Ex innovations. Do you anticipate that most of these innovations resulted from autonomous strategic behavior or from induced strategic behavior? Why?...

Q: What incentives and resources encourage diversification?

What incentives and resources encourage diversification?

Q: What motives might encourage managers to over diversify their firm?

What motives might encourage managers to over diversify their firm?

Q: What is international entrepreneurship? Why is it important?

What is international entrepreneurship? Why is it important?