Question
Question 1
Companies can achieve growth mainly by ____.
Answer
shrinking the scope of their business
growing internally through direct expansion or creating new businesses
deleting all cash cows from their portfolios
only maintaining stars in their portfolios
Question 2
Imagine Dow Chemical is conducting a situational analysis. According to its sales, Dow is the second largest chemical company in the world. BASF is the largest. Both companies use a similar strategy. Within Dow’s situational analysis, BASF would be classified as a ____.
Answer
cash cow
primary firms
unrelated firm
core firm
secondary firm
Question 3
The research on diversification in portfolio management indicates that the best approach is probably ____.
Answer
related differentiation
related diversification
unrelated diversification
repositioning
no diversification
Question 4
Which of the following organizations are most directly in competition with each other?
Answer
Kmart and Gap
a local flower shop and a grocery store that sells flowers
FedEx and UPS
an independent bookstore and a library
HBO and UPN television network
Question 5
An organization which is a ____ in terms of its adaptive strategy would NOT follow a consistent strategy.
Answer
defender
pioneer
Question
Question 1
Companies can achieve growth mainly by ____.
Answer
shrinking the scope of their business
growing internally through direct expansion or creating new businesses
deleting all cash cows from their portfolios
only maintaining stars in their portfolios
Question 2
Imagine Dow Chemical is conducting a situational analysis. According to its sales, Dow is the second largest chemical company in the world. BASF is the largest. Both companies use a similar strategy. Within Dow’s situational analysis, BASF would be classified as a ____.
Answer
cash cow
primary firms
unrelated firm
core firm
secondary firm
Question 3
The research on diversification in portfolio management indicates that the best approach is probably ____.
Answer
related differentiation
related diversification
unrelated diversification
repositioning
no diversification
Question 4
Which of the following organizations are most directly in competition with each other?
Answer
Kmart and Gap
a local flower shop and a grocery store that sells flowers
FedEx and UPS
an independent bookstore and a library
HBO and UPN television network
Question 5
An organization which is a ____ in terms of its adaptive strategy would NOT follow a consistent strategy.
Answer
defender
pioneer
