133. Which of the following is a disadvantage of a strategic alliance?
134. One of the principal risks associated with a strategic alliance is that:
135. Managing an alliance successfully requires building interpersonal relationships between
the firms’ managers, or what is sometimes referred to as:
136. Discuss the significance of value creation. According to Michael Porter, what are the two
primary strategies for creating value?
137. What are operations of a firm? How can operations be categorized?
138. What constitutes an organizational structure?
139. What are the different ways in which a firm can benefit from global expansion?
140. What are core competencies? What are their advantages?
141. What is an experience curve? What is its strategic significance?
142. What are the sources of economies of scales?
143. What are the different types of competitive pressures that firms competing in a global
marketplace face? How can firms respond to such pressures?
144. What are the sources of pressures for local responsiveness?
145. Describe the global standardization strategy.
146. Describe the localization strategy.
147. How do firms respond to low cost pressures and low pressures for local responsiveness?
148. What are strategic alliances?
149. What are the advantages of strategic alliances?
150. What are the disadvantages of strategic alliances?