Environmental scanning and competitor intelligence provide important inputs for
forecasting activities.
Decisions by boards of directors are always consistent with shareholder interests.
Value-chain analysis can only be applied to manufacturing operations.
Among the advantages of acquisitions are the expensive premiums that are frequently
paid to acquire a business.
Contemporary strategic controls involve comparing actual performance to
predetermined goals.
One of the risks of vertical integration is that there may be problems associated with
unbalanced capacities along the value chain of a firm.
Emerging markets are growing slower than developed markets, thus shifting the
structure of the global economy.
Public companies are required by law to disclose information regarding executive
compensation packages.
The Dutch Boy twist and pour paint container is an example of a high tech source of
innovation.
Workforces that reflect demographic changes will become more homogeneous over the
next few decades with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality.
In conducting a SWOT analysis, a risk for strategists is that they rely on traditional
definitions of their industry and competitive environment and therefore focus too
narrowly on current competitors.