Search any publicly or privately traded company, the use of the investor relations sections and explore the latest annual reports and 10-K filings to see if you can identify the key elements of the company's strategy. Use the framework provided in Figure 1.1 to help identify these key elements. what approach towards winning a competitive advantage does the company seem to be pursuing?

Actions to gain sales and market share via more performance features, more appealing design, better quality or customer service, wider product selection, or other such actions Actions to strengthen the firm's bargaining position Actions to gain sales and with suppliers, distributors, market share with lower and others prices based on lower costs Actions to upgrade, build, or acquire Actions to enter new competitively THE PATTERN product or important resources OF ACTIONS AND geographic markets and capabilities BUSINESS APPROACHES or to exit existing ones THAT DEFINE A COMPANY'S Actions and approaches Actions to capture STRATEGY used in managing R&D, emerging market production, sales and opportunities and defend marketing, finance, and against external threats other key activities to the company's business prospects Actions to strengthen competitiveness via strategic Actions to strengthen market standing alliances and collaborative and competitiveness by acquiring or partnerships merging with other companies