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1-Based on the data from the case use the frameworks from the chapter and analyse the resources and capabilities of Rocket Internet:a. What are its resources and capabilities?b. What are its
Pick an organisation mentioned in this chapter (e.g. Apple, IKEA, Microsoft, Ryanair, Starbucks, and Zara) or one you admire and would like to work for. What micro foundations (e.g. individuals and
1. What type of dynamic capabilities could help mobile phone companies like Apple and Samsung avoid becoming stuck in their old resources and capabilities?2. Based on your own experience of using
1. What does SWOT analysis tell us about the competitive position of Pharmcare within the industry as a whole?2. How readily do you think executives of Pharmcare identify the strengths and weaknesses
1. Draw up a value system and value chains for another business and organisation in terms of the activities conducted within each part (see Figure 4.5).2. Would it make sense to integrate or
1. Andrew Mason admits that Groupon has thousands of copycats, yet his assessment is that imitating Groupon is difficult. Do you agree?2. Assess the bases of Groupon€™s resources and
1. Categorise the range of resources and capabilities highlighted by the executives above in terms of Section 4.2 and Table 4.1.2. To what extent and why might these resources and capabilities be the
1 Carry out a five forces analysis of the advertising industry in 2015. What is the strength of the five forces and what underlying factors drive them?What is the industry attractiveness?2 What are
How would you compare the ‘value capture model’ with Porter’s five forces when making an industry analysis? What’s the benefits and drawback of each?
1. How would you describe the current charity industry structure? How could it change if consolidation increases and what would be the benefits and disadvantages?2. Which of Porter’s five forces
1. Help Emily and go through each step above. Answer the questions and make a complete analysis. What is your assessment of the industry?2. Based on your analysis: How should Emily handle the
1. Why are network effects important for Facebook? Would you switch to another social network if it had better features even if it was considerably smaller?2. What other social media networks and
1. Evaluate the strengths of the banking industry’s entry barriers according to Porter’s criteria?2. How would you evaluate the ethical behaviour of banks trying to keep competition out?
1 Carry out a PESTEL analysis of Alibaba at the time of the case. Evaluate the balance of opportunities and threats, using the same kind of figure as in Illustration 2.1.2 Draw a basic sociogram of
1. What do you need in order to succeed in Formula One?2. Why you think your team were successful during this period?3. Why were they unable to sustain this success? What could they have done to
1. In which areas does H&M have significant resources and capabilities and what are they? What are H&M’s threshold and distinctive resources and capabilities? What are the implications of
1. What was Ricoh Canada Inc.’s strategy in the past and why is it no longer sustainable?2. How competitive is the services industry?3. How should Ricoh Canada Inc. compete in the services market?
1. Assess the brewing industry environment, including a PESTEL analysis.2. Assess the UK brewing industry using Porter’s five forces analysis.3. Identify how the factors identified above might be
1. Using the trends identified by Siemens in Figure 1 (or other environmental forces you consider important) which would you consider to be key drivers for change for Siemens and why?2. Are there
1. Identify the main macro-environmental forces that affect the global pharmaceutical industry.2. Use scenario planning techniques to consider the key drivers of change which will affect the global
1. Using the pyramid of strategy practice (Figure 16.1), describe strategy-making in the city of Vaasa.2. Comment on the strategy process being followed at Vaasa. In what ways does this depart from
What skills and experiences should a recruiter look for in hiring each of five types of strategist identified above?
Identify the hypothesis testing steps in the illustration.
1. Evaluate the design of the two workshops in terms of the guidelines in Section 16.4.1.2. If you were a facilitator, how would you have organised the workshops differently?3. What benefits (or
1. Why are informal settings such as dinners useful?2. Could the consultants have influenced the agenda in more formal ways? How?3. If you had been one of the managers at the Italian restaurant, what
1. What do you think were the direct and indirect benefits of Ashok Vaswani’s initiatives to involve Barclays’ employees in the strategy?2. If you were a smaller company, without the information
1. What would be the attractions of this job for you? What would be the disadvantages?2. What relevant skills and experience do you already have, and what skills and experience would you still need
1. In relation to Section 15.3, what were the types of change pursued at Fiat and Chrysler? Were these appropriate to the change contexts?2. How would you describe the leadership style of Sergio
1. Identify the various change levers (Section 15.5) used by these five leaders.2. Do you think that a diabetes charity or the US military have anything to teach business organisations about change?
What might the problems be in devolving strategy to a European division?
1. In terms of the eight contextual features in the change kaleidoscope (Figure 15.2), how receptive is the context for strategic change?2. In the light of capability and readiness (Figure 15.3),
1. Which leaders are more transformational, which more transactional and which situational (see Section 15.2.1)?2. Compare the different views of leadership, particularly with regard to knowledge,
1. Assess the pros and cons of Hirai€™s structural changes.2. What other initiatives beyond structural change might be necessary in order to create €˜One Sony€™?Kazuo
What types of industry or sector would this model be likely to work best in, and in what types might it not work well at all?
1. In this account, what elements of UBS’s systems appear to have been deficient, with regard to Adoboli and more generally?2. What roles might the merger and growth strategy have played in the
1. Consider the kinds of cultural and performance targeting systems the police, fire and ambulance services are each likely to have. How compatible are they?2. Would you agree with Matt Wrack that
1. In what respects is the change consistent with Alfred Chandler’s phrase, ‘structure follows strategy’?2. Why do investors think that the new Alphabet structure is worth an extra $29 billion?
1. How do the pros and cons of the Qwikster structure fit with those associated with the divisional structure (see Section 14.2.2)?2. In the light of the planning, cultural, market and targeting
1. Explain how Google’s strategy has been developed over the years.2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of its approach?3. In what ways should Google’s approach to strategy development change
Pick three different industries and environments. What different strategy development styles (classical, adaptive, shaping or visionary) would be appropriate in them?
1. Are the different accounts mutually exclusive?2. What different insights can the two accounts provide? How can they be useful?3. Do you think Honda would have been more or less successful if it
1. With reference to these views of strategy development, what are the main advantages of developing strategies incrementally? Are there disadvantages or dangers?2. Is incremental strategy
1. What types of strategic issues are likely to be most significant at each stage and level of the planning process?2. How might a planning process differ in other types of organisation (e.g. local
What else would you emphasise as an important contribution CEOs make to strategy development?
1. Identify the main strategic issues facing ITV.2. Suggest a number of strategic options that ITV might pursue.3. Create tables to assess the SAFe of your strategic options (refer to Table 12.1).4.
What strategic fundamentals would you consider for an option if you didn’t trust the numbers?
What are the advantages of the real options approach to this evaluation over other approaches (a) to building the brewery; and (b) to other ideas being considered?
1. What do you feel about the appropriateness of the listed benefits?2. How easy or difficult is it to assign money values to these benefits?
1. Which option would you choose? Why?2. What would be the main risks attached to that option and how would you attempt to minimise these risks?3. Create another option (strategy C) and explain the
What should the company do if its marketing campaigns fail to stop real price erosion:1. Push to achieve more sales volume/capacity fill?2. Reduce unit costs of production?3. Something else?
1. Try reversing the sequence of the three parameters (to diversification, investment and growth) and redraw the decision tree. Do the same eight options still emerge?2. Add a fourth parameter to the
1. Comment on the measures used to evaluate Moss’s performance. What measures would you see as fair and appropriate?2. Should Andrew Moss and Lord Sharman be held responsible for their strategic
1. Why did Sainsbury bid for Argos?2. With reference to the post-acquisition integration matrix (see Figure 11.3) consider how Sainsbury might best integrate Argos?3. With reference to the
What are the arguments for and against using an M&A function in post-acquisition integration?
1. Why did the Bharti–Walmart joint venture break down?2. What issues should Walmart now take into account pursuing its Indian strategy?
1. What are pros and cons of Apple’s tight control of licensing?2. What role has ‘ecosystem’ played in Apple’s competitive advantage?
1. Using the post-acquisition integration matrix, Figure 11.3, compare Google€™s early style of acquisition management with the integration of Nest.2. How has Google managed to be
1. How do the bidders’ acquisition motives differ?2. What are the strategic and organisational fit implications of both bids?
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Rovio’s current business model?2. Do you agree with the company chairman Kaj Hed when he says he is satisfied with Rovio’s current situation?Rovio
Google, now Alphabet, is often celebrated as a highly entrepreneurial and innovative company. To what degree do you think they have relied on discovering or creating opportunities?
1. Why might some groups be apprehensive about the cloud computing era?2. What are the advantages of a visual roadmap of this kind? What are the limitations to this visual approach?
1. Identify the various features of Muruganantham’s approach that make his sanitary towel business a typical or not so typical ‘frugal innovation’.2. Could a large company such as Procter &
1. What do you learn from the experience of Goldberg and Ting which could be useful to launching a new enterprise?2. Are there any unmet needs in your community, at college or elsewhere, that could
Based on the experiences of HP, Apple and Facebook what elements of skills and expertise do you think a new venture requires?
1. Considering Yip€™s globalisation framework (Figure 9.2), what drivers of internationalisation do you think were most important when Wanda entered the US market through its AMC and
Why would institutions be of particular importance for strategy in emerging economies?
1. Can you imagine any risks or dangers that Western companies might face in pursuing base of the pyramid strategies?2. Is there anything that Western companies might learn from base of the pyramid
1. Consider NIP’s services in light of the CAGE framework and analyse how they may help reduce distance.2. What might be the drawbacks in being located in an industrial park?
1. What internationalisation drivers (Figure 9.2) do you think were most important for Blue Skies€™ decision to enter its specific markets?2. How does Blue Skies€™ strategy fit
1. What are the internationalisation drivers Walmart International has struggled with?2. What might be the dangers for a large Western retailer in staying out of emerging markets?
1. What directions of strategic development have been followed by Virgin over the period of the case (use Figure 8.2 as a guide)?2. Which type of corporate parenting role (as per Figure 8.5) best
Evaluate the arguments for and against corporate strategy for Berkshire Hathaway or the Greystone Foundation.
1. What parenting advantages did McDonald’s perceive it might bring to Chipotle?2. Despite its success, why was Chipotle spun-off?
1. In what ways does Berkshire Hathaway fit the archetypal portfolio manager (see Section 8.6.2)?2. Warren Buffett still had $30 billion to invest. Suggest industries and businesses he would be
1. In terms of transaction and capability costs, why might outsourcing be attractive to companies?2. What might be the risks of ‘insourcing’?
1. Explain the ways in which relatedness informed TomTom’s post-2008 strategy.2. Were there alternative strategies open to TomTom post 2008?
1. What were the motivation(s) for Greyston Bakery’s diversifications?2. Referring to the Ansoff matrix, how would you classify these diversifications?
1. Identify where (in its value system) and how IKEA have achieved cost leadership.2. Identify how IKEA have achieved differentiation from their competitors.3. Explain how IKEA tries to ensure that

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