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ANSWERS ARE LOCATED IN THE SECOND PART OF THIS DOCUMENT
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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answers the question.
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1) Managers of all types of business organizations must develop a clear answer for which of
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the following questions?
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A) What approaches do we need to take in order to gain a competitive advantage in the
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marketplace?
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B) What is the set of actions that we need to take to outperform competitors and achieve
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superior profitability?
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C) Where are we now? g g g
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Difficulty : 1 Easy g g g
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Understand what is meant by a company’s strategy and why it needs to diffe
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Bloom's : Remember
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AACSB : Knowledge Application
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Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
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Gradable : automatic
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2) Sanofi, a pharmaceutical company selling prescription drugs in France for the past 10
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years, has had moderate sales in a crowded market while its rivals manufacture and market drugs
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having similar efficacy and safety precautions, but with superior market share. This particular
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pharmaceutical company's greatest challenge is to increase prescriptions of their drugs by French
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doctors. What would be the most effective strategy for Sanofi to improve sales performance in its
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existing market?
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physician segments
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reduce operational costs
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C) employing hiring plans that aim at acquiring drug designers from rival companies g g g g g g g g g g g
D) exiting the market and entering a new unexplored geographical location
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Question Details g
Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Understand what is meant by a company’s strategy and why it needs to diffe
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Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
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Difficulty : 3 Hard g g g
Bloom's : Apply
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AACSB : Analytical Thinking
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Gradable : automatic
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3) You have been hired as a consultant by SandCloud, a venture-backed established
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company in the beachwear and toweling markets. SandCloud’s owners are weighing a decision
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to donate a part of its profits to a children's charity to improve its market image. Your advice to
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SandCloud regarding strategy is that it will consist of the action plan management takes to
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A) develop a more appealing business model than rival beachwear and toweling
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companies.
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transitory competitive advantage.
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donate a percentage of its profits to a children’s charity.
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D) stake out a unique market position in beachwear and toweling markets and achieve
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superior profitability.
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E) identify its strategic vision, its strategic objectives, and its strategic intent.
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Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Understand what is meant by a company’s strategy and why it needs to diffe
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AACSB : Knowledge Application
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Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
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4) Keurig, the coffee machine manufacturer, sells high-quality espresso machines at a very
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low price and also provides low-cost refills of varietal coffee pods at a relatively higher price
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than rivals. The action steps that Keurig’s managers take to outperform the company's
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competitors and achieve superior profitability are known as its
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Topic : Strategy and the Strategic Management Process
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Learning Objective : 01-01 Understand what is meant by a company’s strategy and why it needs to diffe
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Bloom's : Remember
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