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MANA 4322 Exam 2 Study Guide 2025/2026 – Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Global Competition | Fully Solved A+ Answers

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This updated guide for MANA 4322 Exam 2 (2025/2026) includes over 100 multiple-choice and short-answer questions with 100% verified A+ answers. It covers entrepreneurial strategy, innovation types, global vs multidomestic strategy, structural alignment, diversification, vertical integration, competitive dynamics, and corporate governance. Also included are frameworks from Michael Porter, risk factors, entry strategies, and corporate venturing approaches—ideal for strategic management and entrepreneurship majors.

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MANA 4322 Exam 2 (New) 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
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------------------- influences a firm's strategic priorities and intensifies the

rivalry among an industry's close competitors. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Entrepreneurial activity


Whereas _______ are often associated with the low-cost leader strategy,

________ are frequently an important aspect of the differentiation strategy.

- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔process innovations; product innovations


Generally speaking, discussions of the relationship between strategy and

structure strongly imply that - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔structure follows strategy


In Michael Porter's framework all of the following factors affect a nation's

competitiveness except - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D) policies that protect the

nation's domestic competitors.




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,____________ the creation of new value by an existing organization or

new venture that involves the assumption of risk. - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Entrepreneurship


In Michael Porter's framework all of the following factors affect a nation's

competitiveness - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A) factor conditions.


B) demand characteristics.

C) related and supported industries.

D) firm strategy, structure and rivalry

Behavior controls are aspects of strategic change that involve finding the

appropriate ________________________ and __________________

among the culture, rewards, and boundaries of the firm.




a. balance, alignment

b. measure, balance

c. alignment, balance


d. measure, outcome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Balance, alignment




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,Even though entrepreneurial activity is usually associated with startup

companies, - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔new value can be created in many different

contexts.

The starting point for any new venture is the presence of - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔an entrepreneurial opportunity.


Types of innovation include??? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Product innovation


Process innovation

Radical innovation

Incremental innovation

A strategy of related diversification requires most firms to organize around

geographical areas or product lines. This type of organizational growth

leads to a(n) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔divisional structure.


Rivalry is intense in nations with conditions of ________ consumer

demand, ___________supplier bases, and ____________ new entrant

potential from related industries. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔strong , strong, high




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, Opportunities can come from many sources, however all entrepreneurial

firms must make the most of changes brought about by - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔new technology,


socio-cultural trends, and

shifts in consumer demand.

Three ingredients are critical in order for an entrepreneurial startup to be

successful. What are they? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. an entrepreneurial

opportunity

2. the resources to pursue the opportunity

3. an entrepreneurial team willing and able to undertake the opportunity


Pressures to "reduce costs" require that - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B) a company

must pursue what is economically beneficial to the company including

maximizing economies of scale and learning curve effects.


Process innovation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Improves the efficiency of an

organizational process

Improves materials utilization, shortens cycle time, increases quality

Common during later stages of an industry's lifecycle


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