How does the current organizational and operational structure, including the system of corporate governance, benefit the firm? How does the current organizational and operational system challenge the firm's success? What would have to change to reverse how structural issues are impeding the firm's success?

1. How might the firm benefit from a strategic alliance? What are the risks of a strategic alliance and how might those risks be managed?
2. How might the firm utilize a business-level cooperative strategy to create a competitive advantage? Of the four business-level cooperative strategies presented in section 9-2 of the textbook, which is most likely to be of significant value to your team's firm? Why? What are the risks associated with this strategy and how might they be managed?
3. What internal governance mechanisms would you propose to monitor managers' decision making?