The Marauders professional football team, which has a long history of emphasizing the run, has been doing poorly in the current quarterback-dominated league, so its sales of tickets and ancillary products such as jerseys have declined. Fan discontent finally caused the team’s general manager to draft a highly rated quarterback in the first round of the draft. However, the team still lacked competent receivers, so the quarterback was unsuccessful at turning the team around. The general manager’s decision to move to a pass-oriented offence was hampered by

In the multiplex industry, Home Again Movies Inc. is an upscale multiplex that focuses on superior customer experience. The firm charges premium prices for its movie tickets and services. Movies-for-Less Inc., in contrast, charges the lowest price in the industry with its no-frills approach. In between these two segments is Just Right Films Inc., which offers a customer experience comparable to that of Home Again Movies at a price almost as low as that of Movies-for-Less. What strategy is Just Right Films pursuing in this scenario?

In the CSV framework, value creation is

Which of the following sources of differential appeal is most effective in helping a firm sustain its advantage?

Roxana manages a chain of workout facilities in a tri-county area that has recently experienced an economic boom because of the development of a new high-speed train line. What is most likely to happen when there is too much money in the tri-county economy?

The amount of polyethanal that can be used in household paint is legally limited to 0.03 percent. Anything beyond this amount is hazardous to health and the environment and is considered a legal offense. Consequently, PrismPaints Corp. has vouched to make its products as safe as possible. Therefore, it manufactures polyethanal-free paints even though this increases its costs and reduces the dividends paid to its shareholders in the long run. Which of the following responsibilities is Prism Paints Corp. primarily compromising in this scenario?

The first step in stakeholder impact analysis involves which of the following?

When wireless service providers offer free or discounted mobile phones for subscribers to their wireless voice and data service, the perceived value of the service offering increases. In this case, the value driver would be

Which of the following descriptions correctly characterizes a CSV perspective?

Marta and Qing both serve as SBU managers of their divisions. They have both been asked by the CEO to generate two different courses of action for a new product launch. This strategic decision-making technique can be described as