Special-Midterm-Strategic Management

Case #1: How important is the environment to the performance of airlines in the airline industry? What does this suggest regarding the industrial organization (I/O) model to explain how firms can earn above-average returns?

Case #1: How important is the resource-based model to explain how well firms perform in the airlines industry?

Case #1: How can strategic leaders be successful in an industry like the airline industry?

Case #2: When firms consider analyzing their competition, should they include firms in the informal economy? Please explain why or why not.

Case #2: How do firms operating in the formal economy identify and analyze the parts of the informal economy relevant to their strategies?

Case #2: What are the implications of the informal economy for firms that operate only in the formal economy?

Case #3: As you study how Zara competes and the capabilities it uses to do so, are there areas of the firm’s operations you believe might be candidates for outsourcing? If so, what areas and why might those be outsourced in the future?

Case #3: As you study how Zara competes and the capabilities it uses to do so, are there areas of the firm’s operations you believe might be candidates for outsourcing? If so, what areas and why might those be outsourced in the future?

Case #3: Is getting products to customers as quickly as possible an outcome that you believe would create value in industries in addition to clothing? If so, which industries and why?

Case # 4: What corporate diversification strategy is being pursued by Sany? What evidence do you have that supports your position?