$1.$ This is a big$-$picture question. This is a reflection and writing exercise. Now that you are at the end $($or close to it$)$ of this course, I want you to bring it all together. This question requires you to integrate material across topics $1-6$ for the purpose of having a well$-$rounded strategy formulation and implementation discussion. In class we mentioned that the ultimate goal of a firm is to outperform rivals and achieve a competitive advantage. This is done by creating a difference between the firm and its rivals, and preserving that difference. Simply put, how does a firm do this? To help you frame your answer this question, your response must discuss the following concepts, issues, and frameworks:

$$ Operational effectiveness

$$ Strategic positioning

$$ Strategic fit among activities

$$ External environmental assessment

o Feel free to mention any of the specifics within this topic, if it helps with your response $$ you are not required to do so$.$

$$ Internal environmental assessment and the VRIO framework.

o Feel free to mention any of the specifics within the internal environmental assessment topic as they relate to the business diagnostic tools, if it helps with your response $$ you are not required to do so$.$

$$ Business$-$level strategy

$$ Corporate$-$level strategy

o Feel free to mention any of the eight strategies discussed in this topic, if it helps with your response $$ you are not required to do so$.$

$$ Financial performance

$$ Strategy implementation

I am looking for an integrated and comprehensive discussion. I am looking for your group to explain$/$discuss the relationships between all of these concepts in allowing a firm to achieve the sustainable competitive advantage. Your narrative should be a mini$-$crash course on doing strategy well. I need to make sure your group understands how all of these topics connect. Do not list the aforementioned concepts in bulleted format and give me a definition of each. I do not want a disjointed$/$disconnected answer. Also, please do not approach your responses as $$let$$s just throw every concept$/$term$/$idea in the response and hopefully that will suffice$.$ Think of your task as writing a playbook for an executive team to reference as they are designing and executing their strategy. You should be able to answer this question in $24$ pages.