Business Strategy

1. Select a domestic or international company and analyze its strategy and explain in detail which of the 15 grand strategies it employs?
2. Explain a profitable business model. What are the various profitability business models? Which one is the company you picked in Discussion Question 1 using?
3. How can a firm pursue both low-cost leadership and differentiation strategies simultaneously? Can you present an example?
4. Do you think it is better to concentrate on one source of competitive advantage (cost versus differentiation, versus focus, versus speed) or to nurture multiples in a firm's operation?
5. How does strategic analysis at the corporate level differ from strategic analysis at the business level?
6. What is the portfolio approach? How would multi-business companies find it useful? What are the limitations and weakness of this approach?
7. How can management empower operational personnel in implementing corporate and business strategies and in the development of functional tactics?
8. What key concerns must functional tactics address in marketing? finance? production/operations? R&D? and human resources?

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