48.
Which one of the following is NOT part of conducting a SWOT analysis?
49.
SWOT analysis is a simple but powerful tool for
50.
A company‘s strengths are important because they
51.
When an activity becomes something a company has learned to perform proficiently and capably, the
company is said to have a
52.
When a company has a proficiency in performing a strategically and competitively important value
chain activity better than its rivals, it is said to have a
53.
The difference between a core competence and a distinctive competence is that
54.
A core competence
55.
A core competence
56.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an external threat to a company’s future profitability?
57.
When a company performs a particular competitively important activity truly well in comparison to its
rivals, it is said to have a
58.
Which of the following does NOT represent a potential core competence?
59.
Which of the following is NOT accurate as concerns a distinctive competence?
60.
Which of the following most accurately reflect a company’s resource strengths?
61.
A company resource weakness or competitive deficiency
62.
The external market opportunities which are MOST relevant to a company are the ones that
63.
The market opportunities most relevant to a low cost provider of mobile phones are those that
64.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an external threat to a company’s future profitability?
65.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a threat to a company’s future profitability and well–
being?
66.
External threats may pose various degrees of adversity upon the company and can surface from many
sources and examples, EXCEPT for
67.
The payoff of doing a thorough SWOT analysis is
68.
In doing SWOT analysis, which of the following is NOT an example of a potential resource weakness
or competitive deficiency that a company may have?
69.
In doing SWOT analysis and trying to identify a company’s market opportunities, which of the
following is NOT an example of a potential market opportunity for a company?
70.
Which of the following is NOT something that can be gleaned from a company’s SWOT?
71.
The two most important parts of SWOT analysis are
72.
One of the most telling signs of whether a company’s market position is strong or precarious is
73.
Two analytical tools useful in determining whether a company’s prices and costs are competitive are
74.
The three main areas in the value chain where significant differences in the costs of competing firms can
occur include
75.
Identifying the primary and secondary activities that comprise a company’s value chain
76.
A much-used and potent managerial tool for determining whether a company performs particular
functions or activities in a manner that represents “the best practice” when both cost and effectiveness
are taken into account is
77.
Activity-based costing is used to evaluate a company’s cost-competitiveness and
78.
Activity-based costing
79.
Costs and price differences among competing companies can have origins in activities performed by
80.
Benchmarking involves
81.
Which of the following is NOT one of the objectives of benchmarking?
82.
Benchmarking provides a company with which of the following?
83.
The most difficult part of benchmarking is
84.
Obtaining cost information is a primary difficulty associated with benchmarking. The following are
typical sources for collecting information, EXCEPT
85.
Which of the following areas within a company’s total value chain system can managers use to improve
efficiency and effectiveness?
86.
An option for NOT remedying an internal cost disadvantage includes
87.
Which of the following is NOT a good option for trying to remedy high internal costs vis-à-vis rivals’
firms?
88.
A company’s strategic options for remedying cost disadvantages in internally performed value chain
activities do NOT include
89.
The options for remedying a supplier-related cost disadvantage include