Session 4: Resource-Based View – Internal Environment

In Barney’s logic, “non-substitutability” matters because: 

Prahalad & Hamel (1990) distinguish “core products” from “end products” because: 

“Flexible investing” (Day & Schoemaker, 2016) most directly means: 

If buyer power is high (five forces), which internal approach most directly helps a firm improve performance? 

A key idea in macroenvironmental scanning is that firms should watch “leading indicators” because: 

Porter (1996) describes three broad types of strategic positioning. Which option matches those types? 

Gadiesh & Gilbert (1998) define an industry “profit pool” most accurately as: 

Porter (2008) emphasizes that defining the “industry” correctly matters because: 

 Which fast-growing grass is considered more sustainable than other timber and is used for building and instruments in Southeast Asia?