Final Exam Review

Question 1

Exam Review

Answer 1

look through the slides for final

Question 2

question assumptions

Answer 2

as you go through the cases match them to the chapters they covered, and several of the cases didn’t have a right answer, if you go through and see if the recommendations are valid, it will help you

Question 3

Ben & Jerry’s

Answer 3

going international, Japan 7-11, Keggy Modda Dominoes,
they should not have gone with 7-11, it should have been Dominoes, 7-11 helped them develop some capabilities, but in the long run, was a bad idea, Ben & Jerry’s case had a bad case of a threat of buyers, volume of sales went up, so they have very limited bargaining power. They have less negotiating power.

Question 4

corporate strategy

Answer 4

corporate diversification
vertical integration
strategic alliances
mergers and acquisitions

Question 5

Danoher Case

Answer 5

their great strategy, mergers and acquisitions, drawbacks of vertical integration is that it takes time,

Question 6

synergy

Answer 6

it is too simple,

Question 7

corporate level strategy

Answer 7

only if it creates value for the organization

Question 8

capabilities

Answer 8

does it give you a valuable and rare capability

Question 9

Risk of opportunism

Answer 9

memorize this slide and understand it
Risk of Opportunism
capabilities approach
flexibility

Question 10

types of corporate diversification

Answer 10

know them, related, and unrelated

Question 11

economies of scope

Answer 11

operational, financial, managerial, anticompetitive, memorize this slide

Question 12

questions are on the slides

Answer 12

look at them?

Question 13

economies of scope, opportunism

Answer 13

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