Questions from Strategic Management

Q: As a strategist in a major firm, how would you seek

As a strategist in a major firm, how would you seek to position your company in light of such current and potential future governmental policies?

Q: Will the shifts in technology and business models be likely to raise

Will the shifts in technology and business models be likely to raise or lower the textbook industry profits? Explain.

Q: Visit www.lunchables.com and review the Lunchables products,

Visit www.lunchables.com and review the Lunchables products, as well as other packaged food products that Kraft offers. Discuss among your group members the extent to which the product options are hea...

Q: Why is Five Guys so successful? Describe Five Guys’ core competency

Why is Five Guys so successful? Describe Five Guys’ core competency, explain how the company built it, and why it is essential to its success.

Q: Identify other actions that Kraft might take to demonstrate that it is

Identify other actions that Kraft might take to demonstrate that it is a food company that genuinely cares about children’s health and a company that would like to help reverse the trend of increasing...

Q: If your group believes that the company is not responsible for personal

If your group believes that the company is not responsible for personal choices that consumers make to eat unhealthy food, then describe how the company should respond to activist groups and public he...

Q: How should managers of a textbook publishing company respond to such changes

How should managers of a textbook publishing company respond to such changes?

Q: Brand valuations were mentioned in the chapter as a potential key intangible

Brand valuations were mentioned in the chapter as a potential key intangible resource for firms. Some product brands are so well established that the entire category of products (including those made...

Q: Strategy Highlight 4.2 explains the rise and fall of Groupon

Strategy Highlight 4.2 explains the rise and fall of Groupon. The company’s strategic vision was to be a global leader in local commerce, based on a core competency that could be described as “local m...

Q: At the next big family gathering, you want to impress your

At the next big family gathering, you want to impress your grandparents with the innovative ideas you have learned in business school. They have decades of experience in investing in the stock market...