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MAN4720 Strategic Management | Exam 1 (60 Qs) | Competitive Advantage, Stakeholders & I/O Models

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This document includes 60 fully verified questions and correct answers from Exam 1 of the MAN4720 Strategic Management course for the 2025/2026 academic year. It covers foundational and advanced strategy topics including: Top corporate performer characteristics Strategic competitiveness and core competencies I/O (Industrial Organization) model and resource-based model assumptions Porter's Five Forces of competition Stakeholder theory (capital market, product market, and organizational stakeholders) External and internal environment analysis Competitive advantage and sustainability Disruptive technologies, strategic flexibility, and hypercompetition Cost leadership and differentiation strategies Value chain and capability development The questions are framed to test real-world business application, strategic thinking, and analytical skills aligned with industry-relevant models. The content is already graded A+ and presented in a clear Q&A format to support deep comprehension and retention. This resource is especially useful for: Undergraduate and graduate students in business administration, entrepreneurship, management, or MBA programs Learners enrolled in strategic management, business policy, or organizational strategy courses Professionals and exam-preppers seeking a strategic framework to understand firm performance, industry competition, and innovation-driven growth Use this document for self-assessment, exam review, or as a structured refresher on corporate strategy fundamentals. Keywords: MAN4720, strategic management, competitive advantage, core competencies, I/O model, stakeholder theory, Porter's five forces, external environment, internal analysis, cost leadership, differentiation, strategic flexibility, disruptive innovation, resource-based view, strategic competitiveness, value chain, entrepreneurship, risk management, market positioning, business strategy

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Top Corporate Performers Characteristics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-have an

entrepreneurial/opportunistic mindset

-are market/customer-needs oriented

-make effective use of valuable competencies

-Offer new and innovative products and services

Being _________ is the biggest threat to any business - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔non-customer centric

,The firms strategic choices - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-economies of scale


-barriers to market entry

-diversification

-product differentiation

-industry concentration

-market frictions


I/O (Industry Organization) Model Assumptions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. The

external environment imposes pressures and constraints that determine

strategic choices.

2. Similarity in strategically relevant resources causes competitors to

pursue similar strategies.

3. Resource differences among competitors are short-lived due to resource

mobility across firms.

4. Strategic decision makers are rational and engage in profit-maximizing

behaviors.


5 Forces Model of Competition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔

, Industry Profitability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-a function of interactions among the

5 forces


Building Competitive Advantage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔resources, capability and

core competence


Core Competencies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-rare


-valuable

-nonsubstitutable

-costly to imitate


Stakeholders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔people who are affected by a firm's

performance and who have claims on its performance


Categories of stakeholders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-capital market stakeholders


-product market stakeholders

-organizational stakeholders


Capital market stakeholders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-shareholders


-major suppliers of capital (i.e. banks)


Organizational Stakeholders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-employees


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