International tax policies Market volatility Question 13 Which concept is central to understanding why firm Which of the following best describes 'dynamic capabilities'? 1.82 pts Routine operational adjustments Long-term financial strategies J The firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal competences to address rapidly changing environments The ability to maintain static resource bases over time Question 14 How are dynamic capabilities essential in an international context? They reduce the need for foreign direct investment 1.82 pts

Even as Kraft has changed, so has the food processing industry. In the 1980s, Kraft and its competitors have realized that the recent and projected slow population growth in the United States means that most future gains in the market share must come at the expense of one another. As a result, the industry is being restructured through mergers and acquisitions as the major firms seek to strengthen their competitive positions. In order to remain at the top of the industry, Kraft’s top managers must make correct strategic decisions regarding the company’s product mix and the manner in which to structure the organization in order to best compete in the changing industry environment. Michael a. Miles was President and Chief Operating Officer of Kraft, Inc. in 1985. Kraft’s mission statement from that year is presented in Exhibit 2. Mr. Miles had publicly identified five strengths and three weaknesses of Kraft. The Five strengths and supporting reasons for them were as follows: Huge mass…

1. Outline how strategic alliances can provide options for marketing opportunities and include two examples of alliances (also known as cooperative business models) that can be formed between businesses.     2. Outline how the development of existing products or services can provide marketing opportunity options for a business, both in existing and new markets. Relate your answer to relevant diversification strategies from the Ansoff matrix.     3. Outline how a takeover can create options for marketing opportunities for a business.     4. Outline key information that a franchiser should consider providing when marketing their franchise opportunity.     5. Outline how a company can use the establishment of a new business as an opportunity for marketing. Provide an example to illustrate your answer.     6. Outline two other marketing opportunity options that a business could choose to pursue other than options explored in the questions above.     7. Explain the importance of the product…

58 AM Thu May 20 T Non-profit Capital Strategy Joint Venture NGO Ansoff's Matrix External Gantt Stakeholders Decision Tree Acquisition Ethical fishbone diagram LLC Merger Shares Economies of Scale Objectives Strategic Alliance Horizontal Microfinance Liability External Shareholder CSR Diversification Internal Vertical IPO Cooperative 1. A(n) company may issue small loans to people in developing countries. They often work in conjunction with a(n) 2. The Opportunities and Threats guadrants of SWOT represent issues faced by the organization. 3. A(n) helps identify the cause(s) of a problem. 4, refers to the advantages of buying or manufacturing in bulk. 5. The main advantage of forming a(n) is limited 6. A(n) occurs when one company purchases another organization, while a(n) is when separate companies cooperate to achieve a common goal. 7. Business are supposed to be SMART. 8. A(n) is an organization that is formed to split costs and negotiate prices. 9. refers to a business's ethical…

Pick a company and discuss the following:1. Discuss factors affecting a competitor's likelihood to take competitive actions.2. Describe factors affecting the likelihood a competitor will respond to actions taken by its competitors.3. Explain competitive dynamics in slow-cycle, in fast-cycle, and in standard-cycle markets.

Make vs. Buy; Strategy GianAuto Corporation manufactures parts and components for manufacturers and suppliers of parts for automobiles, vans, and trucks. Sales have increased each year based,in part, on the company’s excellent record of customer service and reliability. The industry as a wholehas also grown as auto manufacturers continue to outsource more of their production, especially tocost-efficient manufacturers such as GianAuto. To take advantage of lower wage rates and favorablebusiness environments around the world, GianAuto has located its plants in six different countries.Among the various GianAuto plants is the Denver Cover Plant, one of GianAuto’s earliest plants.The Denver Cover Plant prepares and sews coverings made primarily of leather and upholsteryfabric and ships them to other GianAuto plants, where they are used to cover seats, headrests, doorpanels, and other GianAuto products.Ted Vosilo is the plant manager for the Denver Cover Plant, which was the first GianAuto…

(CLO1:  Develop a good understanding of concepts, theories and practical issues involved in the development, adoption and implementation of strategies at the strategic level of business organisations) HappyFresh has collaborated with many businesses during its seven years of operation in Malaysia but it seems that alliance was not enough to keep the company afloat. Based on your internal and external analysis of the business in Question 1, identify a better strategy than joint venture or strategic alliance which could have saved it from the current divestiture. Support your answer with relevant strategy generation tool. TOWS analysis

It will be required to retool existing business structures in order to utilise the chances presented by the expansion of developing markets, which CEOs believe to be the most significant trend. Provide the pertinent information for the query. Utilising pertinent examples and analogies, offer the policies that ought to be implemented. Provide advice on how CEOs may effectively evaluate their models prior to reworking them.

You are the recently appointed expatriate manager of a subsidiary of a large multi-nationalenterprise, located in a developing country in Africa. Your first project is to re-negotiate acontractual agreement with a longstanding local supplier. However, you have been madeaware that the local supplier is in final discussions with a rival company to gain exclusiveaccess to the same materials, which are essential for your company’s production processand supply chain. Discuss how you would approach the negotiations with the local supplier.In your response, you should describe the five (5) stages of negotiation.

3 Which of the following would be the ideal way for an analyst to identify peer companies?: Select one: A. Australian Stock Exchange. B. The Global Industry Classification Scheme. C. Australian Securities and Investments Commission. D. None of these choices.