SU MBA6999 Week 4 Knowledge Check

Question 1 Thirty years ago, all executives were using a cooperative strategy to enter a country where local law required joint ventures with local companies for entry into the market.

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Question 2 In the past, a structural hierarchy and the use of top-down authority were seen as the only way to organize in most firms.

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Question 3 One of the themes in corporate strategy today is long-term growth and profitability as a consideration of the proper boundaries of a firm.

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Question 4 A value added cooperative strategy could include the decision that it is easier, cheaper, quicker, or more effective to have an important part of a product or service offering come from an alliance partner than trying to do that activity internally.

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Question 5 Strategic alliances can be seen as either business-level or corporate-level actions; however, in some ways, the distinction is not always clear.

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