At its press conference, Microsoft announced that customers would not have the ability to play used games on its videogame system. Later that day, Sony announced that its videogar used games. Only days later, Microsoft completely reversed its stance on used games to match Sony's strategy. In this scenario, Microsoft's strategy evolved A. proactively. B. deliberately. O C. adaptively. D. incrementally.

Which one of the following is an example of lead measure? Select one: a. Increased advertisement expenditure b. employee satisfaction c. Increased profit d. Customer satisfaction

Your CEO wants to divest the Northern business unit because unit sales are decreasing. She directs you to evaluate a potential sale. Which of the following analyses should you conduct? A. Identify buyers that might value the business unit more than your company does. B. Calculate the NPV of the unit's future projected cash flows. O C. Identify which of the company's other business units rely on the unit for sales leads. O D. A, B and C. O E. A and C.

Assigning a weight to each measure of competitive strength assessment is generally analytically superior because weighting each company's overall competitive strength by its percentage share of total industry profits produces a more accurate measure of its true competitive strength. ○ it singles out which competitor has the most competitively potent core competencies. ○ All of the various measures of competitive strength are not equally important. an unweighted ranking does not discriminate between companies with high and low market shares. O a weighted ranking identifies which competitive advantages are most powerful.