BSG COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (FALL 2019)
EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (121)
The benefits of pursuing a strategy · The positive impact that such a strategy has on
of social responsibility and the company's image rating, provided the
corporate citizenship include company spends a meaningful amount on
socially responsible activities and such spending
is sustained over a multi-year period
If a company's managers want to · Do a better job then rivals in identifying and
succeed in creating a implementing ways to become very cost-efficient
differentiation-based competitive in producing and marketing 350-500
advantage (And a potential cost models/styles of branded footwear that also
advantage in achieving the have the highest S/Q rating in the industry
differentiation) that is difficult for
rivals to quickly or easily copy
(because every strategic move a
company makes to outcompete
rivals and gain a competitive
advantage is not apparent from
information contained in the FIR
and the competitive intelligence
Report), then the managers have to
,Valid reasons to consider building a · Low tariff costs on footwear sales in Latin
new plant in Latin America include America (because no import tariffs are paid on
footwear produced at the Latin American plant
and shipped to the distribution warehouses in
Latin America)
A company stands a better chance · Pursue a number of cost-reducing initiatives that
of achieving a sustainable cost- can be concealed from rivals (because such
based competitive advantage over initiatives are not part of the information
rivals if its managers contained in the FIR and the competitive
intelligence report)
Which of the following actions does · Reducing the prices, the company charges its
not help a company's social customers for branded footwear
responsibility strategy result in a
higher image rating?
, What does help a company's social · Using environmentally friendly or 'Green'
responsibility strategy and results in materials in producing footwear at the company's
a higher image rating plants
· Using recycled packaging materials to box each
pair of athletic footwear at the company's
distribution centers
· Making donations to charities and charitable
causes
· Investing to improve energy efficiency and the
use of renewable sources at company facilities.
It makes good economic sense for · At a plant that currently has labor productivity of
company managers to consider 3,200 pairs per worker and total employee
investing $3.5 million per million compensation of $20,000 annually because the
pairs of capacity for a plant facilities upgrade will cause labor costs per pair produced
upgrade that will boost labor to decline from $6.25 to $5.00
productivity by 25%.
o Labor cost per pair =
Compensation/Productivity
o Labor cost per pair initially = 20,000/3,200 =
$6.25
o After increase in productivity = 20,000/
(3,200*1.25) = $5.00
o Reduction = 6.25 * 5.00 = $1.25
Which of the following · Offering 400 or more models/styles to buyers in
combinations of actions will likely all four geographic regions, maintaining a
provide the biggest competitive celebrity appeal rating of 200 or higher in all four
benefits in helping a company geographic regions, selling branded footwear
achieve a differentiation-based with a 7-star or higher S/Q rating in all four
competitive advantage over geographic regions, and offering a rebate of $9
some/many of its rivals? in all four geographic regions
EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (121)
The benefits of pursuing a strategy · The positive impact that such a strategy has on
of social responsibility and the company's image rating, provided the
corporate citizenship include company spends a meaningful amount on
socially responsible activities and such spending
is sustained over a multi-year period
If a company's managers want to · Do a better job then rivals in identifying and
succeed in creating a implementing ways to become very cost-efficient
differentiation-based competitive in producing and marketing 350-500
advantage (And a potential cost models/styles of branded footwear that also
advantage in achieving the have the highest S/Q rating in the industry
differentiation) that is difficult for
rivals to quickly or easily copy
(because every strategic move a
company makes to outcompete
rivals and gain a competitive
advantage is not apparent from
information contained in the FIR
and the competitive intelligence
Report), then the managers have to
,Valid reasons to consider building a · Low tariff costs on footwear sales in Latin
new plant in Latin America include America (because no import tariffs are paid on
footwear produced at the Latin American plant
and shipped to the distribution warehouses in
Latin America)
A company stands a better chance · Pursue a number of cost-reducing initiatives that
of achieving a sustainable cost- can be concealed from rivals (because such
based competitive advantage over initiatives are not part of the information
rivals if its managers contained in the FIR and the competitive
intelligence report)
Which of the following actions does · Reducing the prices, the company charges its
not help a company's social customers for branded footwear
responsibility strategy result in a
higher image rating?
, What does help a company's social · Using environmentally friendly or 'Green'
responsibility strategy and results in materials in producing footwear at the company's
a higher image rating plants
· Using recycled packaging materials to box each
pair of athletic footwear at the company's
distribution centers
· Making donations to charities and charitable
causes
· Investing to improve energy efficiency and the
use of renewable sources at company facilities.
It makes good economic sense for · At a plant that currently has labor productivity of
company managers to consider 3,200 pairs per worker and total employee
investing $3.5 million per million compensation of $20,000 annually because the
pairs of capacity for a plant facilities upgrade will cause labor costs per pair produced
upgrade that will boost labor to decline from $6.25 to $5.00
productivity by 25%.
o Labor cost per pair =
Compensation/Productivity
o Labor cost per pair initially = 20,000/3,200 =
$6.25
o After increase in productivity = 20,000/
(3,200*1.25) = $5.00
o Reduction = 6.25 * 5.00 = $1.25
Which of the following · Offering 400 or more models/styles to buyers in
combinations of actions will likely all four geographic regions, maintaining a
provide the biggest competitive celebrity appeal rating of 200 or higher in all four
benefits in helping a company geographic regions, selling branded footwear
achieve a differentiation-based with a 7-star or higher S/Q rating in all four
competitive advantage over geographic regions, and offering a rebate of $9
some/many of its rivals? in all four geographic regions
