When the PGA and the LPGA golf tours joined together in a strategic alliance, which of the following best explains the potential advantage?

Chesapeake Energy set a goal to improve workplace safety. To reinforce this, one year it gave out over 8 million USD in safety bonuses to over 6,000 employees for following safe work practices. This served to create a(n) ________ because it reinforced commitment to goals.

Firms used to build efficiently run large-scale operations in order to dominate markets. This gave them cost advantages over rivals, but this also meant they were ________ in responding to ________ changes and were ________ in their ability to customize their products to specific customer needs.

Boeing had a ________ advantage that led the European aerospace industry to consolidate and form Airbus as a strategic response.

Diversification initiatives include ________ alliances and ________ ventures.

Intellectual property rights are ________ to define and protect than ________ rights for physical assets (e.g., plant, equipment, and land).

A market that mainly competes on the basis of price and has stagnant growth is characteristic of the ________ life cycle stage.

According to the Euromoney magazine 2021 semiannual Country Risk Rating, which of the following countries has the highest overall country rating for risk?

Software algorithms are a form of ________ that, once developed and paid for, can be reused many times at a very ________ cost.

Dynamic ________ helps to explain competitive ________ in volatile industries.