MG3047 Strategic management

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K O Y F I C L E G E T G T A Y O R X A J D
A F D X G A O D N K H I W R N Q K P N D E
U N R F E U B A I C D V I K A E P X G P X
P C I B C S A Q W Q E S N E M P V W F B M
O S V O U A L W O A P Y N T I C H H I M R
T X E V J L S U L I E M E S C T W K W Y D
I C R S F A O H B B N B R E C M N V O Y B
I D S D R M U R E X D I S G A L O P G W D
X M F E Y B R R L V E O C M P R I Q W O C
D R O C G I C H T W N S U E A W S R O L G
A A R J W G I J S L C I R N B T U A N X O
H U C Y V U N P I H Y S S T I E F M J V J
A A H M W I G G H R P A E T L S F S S U E
G H A W D T S D W F D A E R I X I O I S A
Y L N A V Y Q V B L C L I Y T K D T S G S
V T G W D W U S U E E F G M I D N V E G A
J K E U A B G A P K A W I J E F S R S P D
L L Y R N H O N R D I F U J S B N Q S A J
J B W D B P P P K G S U V D S X B V I C K

Clues

  • A competitor finds it difficult to identify the basis for an organisation's competitive advantage. What term is used for this situation? (6, 9)
  • Identification of what 'helps managers to focus on the environmental factors that are most important and which must be addressed most urgently'? (3, 7, 3, 6)
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland's consortium competed with Barclays Bank to acquire the Dutch bank ABN AMRO: the Royal Bank of Scotland won, but the excessive price of '70bn (~$98bn) soon drove the victor into financial collapse and government ownership. (7, 5)
  • What is defined as 'a group of customers who have similar needs that are different from customer needs in other parts of the market'? (6, 7)
  • What name is given to the process of divulging information to outside bodies when a person believes that their organisation is failing in its corporate social responsibility? (7, 7)
  • What name is given to the purchase of components and services from the most appropriate suppliers around the world regardless of location? (6, 8)
  • What term is used for a situation where early events and decisions establish policy paths that have lasting effects on subsequent events and decisions? (4, 10)
  • What term is used for an organisation's abilities to renew and recreate its strategic capabilities to meet the needs of a changing environment? (7, 12)
  • What term is used for M&A integration in which it is implied that both the acquired firm and the acquiring firm learn the best qualities from the other? (9)
  • What term is used for the process by which innovations spread among users? (9)

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