a corporation believes it can take synergistic advantage of administrative and support activities of fit. chain in making an acquisition it is envisioning- a. management b. market c. agency d. structural 15. All of the following are limitations (or downsides) of the BCG (Boston Consulting Group) the two dimensions. Every business cannot be accurately measured and compared on t a. b. It views each business as a stand-alone entity and ignores the potential for synergies across busi c. It takes a dynamic view of competition which can lead to overly complex analyses d. While easy to comprehend, the BCG matrix can lead to some troublesome and overly simplistic prescriptions. 16. If one person can be identified with certainty as the resource behind the success of a company and she or he is hired away by another company, the VRIST framework dimension ofis being illustrated. a. imutation b. substitution c. rareness d. tradability A key element of the emergent view of the appropriate dimensions for assessing company performance is 17. that the interests ofshould be taken into account. a. various stakeholders b. only stockholders capital providers, including debt holders c. d. employees The minimum return earned by a company that is necessary to attract capital is known as a. normal profit. b. its internal rate of return. c. external profit. d. the hurdle rate. 18. 19. Which of the following is NOT a strategically beneficial reason why a company may enter into strategic partnership or cooperative arrangements with key suppliers, distributors, or makers of complementary products? a. To open up or improve access to new markets b. To learn from one another in performing joint research, to share technological know-how, and/or to collaborate on developing mutually interesting technology or new products c. To lessen competition (cooperating with rivals is often more profitable than competing against them) d. To improve supply chain efficiency e. To fill gaps in their technical and manufacturing expertise