Test 1- internal and external environment Flashcards

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the rate at which a firm’s underlying resources and capabilities depreciate or became obsolete

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durability

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a graph showing time plotted against sales of a product as it moves from introduction through growth and maturity to decline

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Product life cycle

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3
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a forecasted description of an industries likely future

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industry scenario

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4
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the degree of complexity plus the degree of change existing in the organizations external environment

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enronmental uncertainty

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5
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a collection of corporate capabilities that cross divisional borders and are widespread within a corporation and is something that a corporation can do exceedingly well

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core competency

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6
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a set of business units or themes that were through similar strategies and have similar resources

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Strategic Group

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the companies that offer the same products or services as the subject company

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Direct Competitors/ Competitors

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barney’s proposed analysis evaluates a firm case resources in terms of value, rareness, imitability and organization

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VRIO Framework

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9
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an industry situation in which the players frequency boldness and aggressiveness of dynamic movements accelerate to create a conditions of constant disequilibrium and change.

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Hypercompetition

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10
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products that appear to be different but can satisfy the same needs as other products

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Substitute Products

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11
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a linked set of value creating activities that begins with basic raw materials coming from suppliers and end with distributors getting the final goods into the hand of the ultimate consumer

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Value Chain

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12
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a group of firms producing a similar product or services

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Industry

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13
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the monitoring, evaluating, and disseminating of information from the external environment to key people within the corporation.

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Environmental scanning

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14
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a category of firms based on a common strategic orientation and a combination of structure, culture and processes that are consistent with that strategy

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Strategic type

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15
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a conceptual framework that states the units production cost decline by some fixed percentage it’s time the total accumulated volume of productions in units doubles

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Experienced curved

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16
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an assemblage of legally independent firms operating under one corporate umbrella but controlled through the subsidiaries board of directors

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conglomerate structure

17
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an industry in which multinational corporations primarily coordinate their activities within a specific geographic areas of word

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Regional Industries

18
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a cross-functional integration and coordination of capabilities

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Competency

19
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an in-depth examination of key factors within a corporations task environment

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Industry Analysis

20
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businesses entering an industry that typically venue capacity to an industry a desire to gain market share and a substantial resources

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New entrants

21
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a collection of beliefs, expectations and values learned and shared by the corporations members and transmitted from one generation of employees to another

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Corporate Culture

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a name that identifies a particular company’s product in the mind of consumer

23
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a formal program of gathering information about the company’s competitors

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Competitive intelligence

24
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the formal set up of a business corporation value chain components in terms of workflow, communication channels and hierarchy

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Organizational Structure

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the ability of competitors to gather the resources and capabilities necessary to support a competitive advantage
Transferability
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the formation of networks for sourcing raw materials, manufacturing products or creating services, storing and distributing goods and delivering goods or services to customers and consumers
Supply Chain Management
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a firms competencies that are superior to those of competitors
Distinctive Competencies
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economic, technological, political legal , and socio-cultural environmental factors that do not really touch on the short run activities of an organization but influence its long run decision
Societal Environment
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that part of external environment that includes physical resources wildlife and climate that are inherent part of existence on earth
Natural Environment
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a group of geographically and organizationally dispersed coworkers that are assembled using a combination of telecommunication and information technologies to accomplish an organizational task
Virtual Team
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an obstructions that keeps a company from leaving an industry
Exit Barrier
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an industry in which company is tailored their products to the specific needs of consumers in a particular country
Multi Domestic Industry
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the ability of competitors to duplicate resources and imitate another firm's success
Replicability
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the particular combinations of key variables (product, place, promotion, price) that can be used to affect demand and to gain advantages
Marketing Mix
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corporation's ability to exploit its resources
Capabilities