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Chapter 2 - Evaluating a Firm's External Environment

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The ________ consists of broad trends in the context in which a firm operates that can have an impact on a firm's strategic choices.
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  • micro-environment
  • general environment
  • task environment
  • internal environment

Frage 2

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All of the following are elements of the general environment except
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  • technological trends.
  • demographic trends.
  • industrial trends.
  • cultural trends.

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________ is/are the distribution of individuals in a society in terms of age, sex, marital status, income, ethnicity, and other personal attributes that may determine buying patterns.
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  • Demographics
  • Economics
  • Technological trends
  • Culture

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The values, beliefs and norms that guide behavior in a society are known as
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  • climate.
  • demographics.
  • economics
  • culture.

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When activity in an economy is relatively low for a short period of time, the economy is said to be in a
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  • recession.
  • depression
  • prosperous cycle.
  • boom

Frage 6

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Civil wars, political coups, terrorism, wars between countries, famines, and country or regional economic recessions are all examples of which element of the general environment?
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  • demographics
  • specific international events
  • economics
  • culture

Frage 7

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In the S-C-P model, ________ refers to the strategies that firms in an industry implement
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  • structure
  • strategy
  • conduct
  • performance

Frage 8

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In a perfectly competitive industry
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  • there are relatively few firms operating in the industry
  • the products and services sold by firms in the industry are very different from each other
  • it is very costly for firms to enter the industry
  • it is not very costly for firms to enter or exit the industry

Frage 9

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Within the five forces framework, the five most common threats facing firms from their competitive environment include each of the following except
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  • substitutes
  • complementors
  • suppliers.
  • buyers

Frage 10

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Firms in industries characterized by ________ can expect to earn only competitive parity
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  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
  • monopoly

Frage 11

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Which type of competition is characterized by a large number of firms, heterogeneous products and low cost of entry and exit?
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  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
  • monopoly

Frage 12

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Which type of competition is characterized by a small number of firms, homogeneous products and costly entry and exit?
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  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
  • monopoly

Frage 13

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A(n) ________ is any individual, group, or organization outside a firm that seeks to reduce the level of that firm's performance
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  • environmental threat
  • environmental opportunity
  • environmental equalizer
  • competitive advantage

Frage 14

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Firms that have either recently begun operations in an industry or that threaten to begin operations in an industry soon are considered to be ________ in the five forces framework
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  • barriers to entry
  • new competitors
  • suppliers
  • buyers

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________ exist when a firm's costs rise as a function of its volume of production
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  • Economies of scale
  • Economies of scope
  • Diseconomies of scale
  • Learning curve effects

Frage 16

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All other things being equal, which of the following would lead to lower barriers to entry in an industry
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  • The existence of economies of scale in the industry
  • Products are highly differentiated in the industry
  • Industry incumbents have learning-curve cost advantages
  • Raw materials are widely and readily available at a competitive price

Frage 17

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Frequent price cutting by firms in an industry, frequent introduction of new products by firms in an industry and intense advertising campaigns are indications of
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  • high power of buyers.
  • high threat of new entrants
  • high levels of direct competition
  • high threat of substitutes.

Frage 18

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The threat of direct competition tends to be high when
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  • there are few firms in an industry and these firms tend to be unequal in size
  • the industry growth rate is higher
  • firms are unable to differentiate their products.
  • production capacity can be added in small increments

Frage 19

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The products or services provided by a firm's direct competitors meet ________ customer needs in ________ ways as the product provided by the firm itself.
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  • different; the same
  • approximately the same; the same
  • different; different
  • approximately the same; different

Frage 20

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Which of the following statements regarding substitutes is accurate
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  • In the extreme, substitutes can ultimately replace an industry's products or services
  • Substitutes place a floor on the prices firms in an industry can charge and on the profits firms in an industry can earn.
  • Substitutes rarely impact the profitability that firms in an industry can earn
  • The importance of substitutes in reducing the profit potential in a wide variety of industries is decreasing

Frage 21

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________ make a wide variety of raw materials, labor and other critical assets available to firms
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  • buyers
  • Rivals
  • Suppliers
  • Substitutes

Frage 22

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Which of the following attributes makes suppliers a stronger threat?
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  • The supplier's industry is dominated by a small number of firms
  • The product or service provided by suppliers is not highly differentiated
  • Suppliers are threatened by substitutes.
  • Suppliers are not able to engage in forward vertical integration

Frage 23

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Which of the following is the best example of forward vertical integration
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  • a car dealership opening up its own automobile manufacturing plant
  • a car company opening its own dealerships to sell its products directly to customers
  • a car company opening its own chain of video rental stores
  • a car company opening a plant to product motorcycles

Frage 24

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Buyers tend to have less power when
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  • a firm has only one buyer, or a small number of buyers
  • the products or services being sold to buyers are standard and not differentiated
  • the supplies they purchase are an insignificant portion of the costs of their final products
  • they are not earning significant economic profits

Frage 25

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Overall, the average level of performance in an industry is likely to be highest when
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  • the threat level of all five forces is high
  • the threat level of rivalry and substitutes is low, but the threat level of suppliers, buyers and new entrants is high.
  • the threat level of rivalry, substitutes and new entrants is high, but the threat level of buyers and supplies is low
  • the threat level of all five forces is low.

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If your customers value your products more when they have your product and another firm's product rather than when they have your product alone, the other firm is considered to be a
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  • competitor
  • complementor.
  • rival.
  • substitute.

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An industry in which a large number of small or medium-sized firms operate and no small set of firms has dominant market share or creates dominant technologies is known as a(n) ________ industry
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  • fragmented
  • consolidated
  • mature
  • emerging

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The major opportunity facing firms in fragmented industries is
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  • refining their current products and emphasizing an increase in service quality
  • developing new products and technologies
  • creating a first-mover advantage through technological leadership
  • the implementation of strategies that began to consolidate the industry into a smaller number of firms.

Frage 29

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The advantages that come to firms that make important strategic and technological decisions early in the development of an industry are known as ________ advantages
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  • first-mover
  • competitive
  • comparative
  • emerging

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In general, first-mover advantages can arise from any of these sources except
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  • technological leadership
  • preemption of strategically valuable assets.
  • the creation of customer switching costs
  • using an imitative strategy to introduce improved versions of competitors' new products

Frage 31

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Mature industries are characterized by
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  • an increase in total industry demand
  • faster increases in production capacity
  • a slowdown in the introduction of new products or services.
  • a decrease in the amount of international competition.

Frage 32

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The most promising opportunity for a firm in a declining industry is to
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  • establish itself as a first mover in the post-shakeout industry
  • become a market leader in the pre-shakeout industry
  • become a fast follower in the pre-shakeout industry
  • merge with another firm.

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Firms in a declining industry that engage in a long, systematic phased withdrawal from the industry, extracting as much value as possible during the withdrawal period, are following a(n) ________ strategy
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  • niche
  • expansion
  • divestment
  • harvest

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Industries in which a large number of small or medium-sized firms operate and no small set of firms has dominant market share or creates dominant technologies are called ________ industries
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  • fragmented
  • mature
  • emerging
  • declining

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________ are advantages that come to firms that make important strategic and technological decisions early in the development of an industry
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  • Visionary advantages
  • First-mover advantages
  • Comparative advantages
  • Missionary advantages

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A consolidation strategy is a good option in what type of industry
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  • mature
  • emerging
  • fragmented
  • declining

Frage 37

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________ are resources required to successfully compete in an industry.
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  • Strategically valuable assets
  • Technological leader strategies
  • Process innovations
  • Product innovations

Frage 38

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________ costs exist when customers make investments in order to use a firm's particular products or services
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  • First-mover-switching
  • Technological leadership-switching
  • Customer-switching
  • Process-switching

Frage 39

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Based on the above description, the hardwood furniture industry can best be described as a(n) ________ industry.
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  • emerging
  • fragmented
  • consolidated
  • declining

Frage 40

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The level of direct competition in the hardwood furniture industry can best be described
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  • low because of the numerous firms in the industry and the slowing growth rate
  • low because of the slowing growth rate and the competition from composite wood furniture
  • high because of the numerous firms in the industry and the slowing growth rate
  • moderate because the slowing growth rate offsets the numerous firms in the industry

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The threat of suppliers in the hardwood furniture can best be described as
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  • low because there are a large number of suppliers selling an undifferentiated product.
  • high because there are a large number of suppliers selling an undifferentiated product
  • moderate because the large number of suppliers is offset by the undifferentiated products they are selling
  • moderate because of the slowing growth rate in the industry and the commodity nature of the products produced by suppliers

Frage 42

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If Hickory Divine were to open its own chain of furniture stores, this would be an example of
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  • complementors.
  • backward vertical integration
  • consolidation.
  • forward vertical integration

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In this example, composite wood furniture would be an example of a(n)
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  • substitute
  • rival.
  • new entrant
  • complementor.

Frage 44

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The threat of buyers in this industry is best described as
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  • high because there are many suppliers, none of which represents a significant portion of the hardwood furniture industry's sales.
  • low because of the slow industry growth and the commodity nature of the suppliers.
  • low because there are many suppliers, none of which represents a significant portion of the hardwood furniture industry's sales
  • high because of the slow industry growth and the commodity nature of the suppliers

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Which of the following best describes the competition in the U.S. online auction industry
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  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
  • monopoly

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For BidBuy, services such as those offered by DollarDog that make BidBuy's services more valuable for customers who use the services of both companies are best described as
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  • complementors.
  • substitutes
  • rivals
  • suppliers

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Factors such as BidBuy's feedback rating system that are valuable to the company's customers but which are not useful on other online auction sites are examples of
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  • first-mover advantages.
  • complementors.
  • substitutes
  • customer-switching costs

Frage 48

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BidBuy has a ________ advantage
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  • visionary
  • global
  • first-mover
  • comparative

Frage 49

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The products or services provided by a firm's substitutes meet ________ customer needs in ________ ways as the product provided by the firm itself.
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  • different; the same
  • approximately the same; the same
  • different; different
  • approximately the same; different
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