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?

Correctly match at least 4 countries in South Asia to get a 2/2 on this section.  This will be curved upon teacher grading. 

Japan is described as a closely related group of islands, also known as a(n)