Exam 16: Strategic Elements of Competitive Advantage

Building layers of advantage,searching for loose bricks,changing the rules of competitive engagement,and collaborating are elements of the competitive advantage framework developed by:

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Question 61

What are demand conditions? Why is the nature of home demand conditions for the firm's or industry's products and services important?

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Question 62

The visionary strategy of the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen which included switching the German plants entirely to the new model,failed due to all but one of the following reasons:

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Question 63

Product differentiation and brand loyalty "raise the bar" for would-be industry entrants who would be required to make substantial investments in research or advertising.

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Question 64

The Swatch Group is the world's second largest watchmaker.This shows that in the low-cost segment,brands compete on price and value.

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Question 65

Germany's Mittelstand companies have been extremely successful pursuing:

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Question 66

In addition to the five forces model of industry competition,Michael Porter has developed a framework of so-called generic business strategies.Explain these generic strategies,describing their aims and application.

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Question 67

In the terminology of the strategic intent framework for competitive advantage,a firm that establishes advantages in a number of different areas has:

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Question 68

"Hypercompetition" refers to companies that are successful and find sustainable competitive advantages.

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Question 69

Apple's success with iPhone prompted Samsung and others to enter the market.This is an example of the "perfect competition."

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Question 70

Maytag has been called "the Rolls-Royce of washers and dryers," and it can be said that it has achieved a competitive advantage by means of differentiation.

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Question 71

The "layers of advantage" approach to global competitive innovation is based on using know-how developed by other companies.

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Question 72

Suppose you are a sales representative for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)in Japan.You are trying to convince Toshiba to buy your company's superfast Opteron microprocessor for its new laptop computer.Toshiba's representative seems interested,but finally does not place an order.Confidentially,the representative tells you that he is afraid that Intel will withhold shipments of its Pentium 4 if he does business with AMD.Thinking about Intel's role in this scenario,which of the following elements of the five forces model is evident here?

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Question 73

"Factor conditions" refers to a country's endowment with resources which may have been created or inherited.

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Question 74

Intel's focus on designing complex,expensive microprocessors for PCs enabled competitors to develop cheaper chip sets for non-PC electronics devices.In the strategic intent model of competitive advantage,this is an example of:

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Question 75

Hundreds of small companies such as Martin-Logan and Mark Levinson compete in the high-end audiophile segment of the consumer electronics industry.If analyzed in terms of Porter's generic strategies framework,such companies might be said to be pursuing competitive advantage via:

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Question 76

Intel achieved success by using "Intel Inside" advertising campaign and logo that appears on many brands of PCs.This is an example of barrier to entry classified as:

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Question 77

Which of the following is not an element of Rugman and D'Cruz's flagship model?

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Question 78

Rugman and D'Cruz cite Benetton as an example of a flagship firm that excels at building partnerships.

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Question 79

Chance events play a role in shaping the competitive environment.Chance events are occurrences which include all but one of the following:

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Building layers of advantage,searching for loose bricks,changing the rules of competitive engagement,and collaborating are elements of the competitive advantage framework developed by:

What are demand conditions? Why is the nature of home demand conditions for the firm's or industry's products and services important?

The visionary strategy of the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen which included switching the German plants entirely to the new model,failed due to all but one of the following reasons:

Product differentiation and brand loyalty "raise the bar" for would-be industry entrants who would be required to make substantial investments in research or advertising.

The Swatch Group is the world's second largest watchmaker.This shows that in the low-cost segment,brands compete on price and value.

Germany's Mittelstand companies have been extremely successful pursuing:

In addition to the five forces model of industry competition,Michael Porter has developed a framework of so-called generic business strategies.Explain these generic strategies,describing their aims and application.

In the terminology of the strategic intent framework for competitive advantage,a firm that establishes advantages in a number of different areas has:

"Hypercompetition" refers to companies that are successful and find sustainable competitive advantages.

Apple's success with iPhone prompted Samsung and others to enter the market.This is an example of the "perfect competition."

Maytag has been called "the Rolls-Royce of washers and dryers," and it can be said that it has achieved a competitive advantage by means of differentiation.

The "layers of advantage" approach to global competitive innovation is based on using know-how developed by other companies.

"Factor conditions" refers to a country's endowment with resources which may have been created or inherited.

Intel's focus on designing complex,expensive microprocessors for PCs enabled competitors to develop cheaper chip sets for non-PC electronics devices.In the strategic intent model of competitive advantage,this is an example of:

Hundreds of small companies such as Martin-Logan and Mark Levinson compete in the high-end audiophile segment of the consumer electronics industry.If analyzed in terms of Porter's generic strategies framework,such companies might be said to be pursuing competitive advantage via:

Intel achieved success by using "Intel Inside" advertising campaign and logo that appears on many brands of PCs.This is an example of barrier to entry classified as:

Which of the following is not an element of Rugman and D'Cruz's flagship model?

Rugman and D'Cruz cite Benetton as an example of a flagship firm that excels at building partnerships.

Chance events play a role in shaping the competitive environment.Chance events are occurrences which include all but one of the following:

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