Organizational Environment P1

A company with significant assets and activities in multiple countries is known as a(n)

• multi-national corporation

• repatriated corporation

• transferable corporation

• duplicate corporation

Those variables that can affect significantly the overall competitive positions of companies within any particular industry are known as

• external strategic factors

• internal strategic factors

• matrix factors

• key success factors

The technique recommended by the text to organize an analysis of external strategic factors is called

• IFAS

• EFAS

• SFAS

• SWOT

Which societal force includes demographic trends?

• political-legal forces

• labor forces

• economic forces

• sociocultural forces

Internal analysis enables a firm to determine what the firm

• A. can do

• B. should do

• C. will do

• D. might do

According to Porter's model, a low force can enable the company to earn greater profits and can be regarded as a(n)

• benefit

• opportunity

• advantage

• threat

What is a set of business units or firms that 'pursue similar strategies with similar resources'?

• strategic group

• collective collaboration

• cooperative

• integral association

Which is the largest age group of the current generations in all developed countries?

• Baby Boomers

• Woofies

• Silent Generation

• Gen X

According to Porter's model, a strong or high force is likely to reduce profits and can be regarded as a(n)

• benefit

• opportunity

• advantage

• threat

A formal program of gathering information on a company's competitors is referred to as

• statistical modeling

• competitive intelligence

• competitive strategy

• quantitative forecasting