As for-profit competitors like FedEx and UPS qained market share, the government-run United States Postal Service (USPS) failed to implement managerial and process innovations. Long chronically short on funding, the USPS has faced even stiffer budget challenges as a result of losing. business. What are the most likely reasons the USPS falled to innovate? Check all that apoly. Failure to recognize opportunity Time to innovate Lack of resources Resistance to change

An Assessment of Apple Corporation business strategy performance using PESTEL, POTER'S five forces and SWOT techniques

Discuss the following for Starbuks: What are the firm’s most important external opportunities and threats? What are the organization’s major strengths and weaknesses?

QuestionAfter the analysis of your company Toyota Motor Corporation , please write the following sections in report form: 1.Goals (stated and real goals) and plans (different types of plans).

In times of an economic downturn, which type of business strategy is most effective for a company to create and sustain competitive advantage? Discuss. (700 words)

READ: CH 2: Corporate Strategies & Marketing DO: Answer the following questions and post on Discussion Board by EOW. Instructor will provide feedback to students as needed. . What is the difference between a for-profit and a non-profit organization? • Explain the four market-product strategies in diversification analysis. • What are the three steps of the planning phase of the strategic marketing process?

Choose an industry that faces significant change over the next ten years. Identify the main drivers of change and construct two scenarios of how these changes might play out. In relation to one of the leading firms in the industry, what are the implications of the two scenarios, and what strategy options should the firm consider? (I thought of Healthcare Industry).

A Firm’s history is given in a timeline from its inception in Year 1995 to Current Year: 1995 Invented and filed patent for software that improved production process.1997 Introduced new innovations that went on the market at low price.Major sales growth with expansion of the market share.2000 Anotherfirm emerges as a serious competitor with new technology.2003 Management observing its products are not doing good business decides to diversify.2006New chief executive takes up position.2097Firm abandons its low profit businesses to begin to invest in new products.2010 Firm filed a petition against anti-competitive trade practices but lost the case.2012 Becomes a high-cost manufacturer with a growing portfolio of products which was losinghundreds of millions of dollars annually.Restructuring that eliminated 10,000 jobs and cut more than $1 billion from annual costs.2015New CEO took over reigns of the firm. To raise money, begins selling patent of select portfolio and concentrates on narrow…

In crafting a company's strategy:  Answer 1        C)    managers need to come up with some distinctive "aha" element to the strategy that draws in customers and produces a competitive edge over rivals.        D)    managers are well-advised to be risk-averse and develop a "conservative" strategy—"dare-to-be-different" strategies rarely are successful.        A)    management's biggest challenge is how closely to mimic the strategies of successful companies in the industry.         B)    managers are wise not to decide on concrete courses of action in order to preserve maximum strategic flexibility.

Give an example of strategic myopia. Explain.