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Strategic leadership refers to the use of power and influence by________ to direct the activities of others when pursuing an organization’s goals.

The government of Monterro has mandated that all companies with 25 or more employees must provide group health insurance. Which of the following factors in a firm’s general environment does this mandate best indicate?

What do strategy scholars believe is the result of executives’ pursuit of strategies that define value creation too narrowly in public stock companies?

Open Window, a brand well known for producing vinyl and aluminum window blinds, introduced a new range of faux-wood shutters and vertical blinds a few years ago. Because most of its products could be produced using the same resources and technology, the company’s cost structure lowered, while its product portfolio widened. In this scenario, which of the following value and cost drivers is Open Window applying?

Khaled, a manager, is writing an analysis of his employer’s current and possible future revenues. Which of the following could he identify as an economic factor in his firm’s external general environment?

Matteo is a management consultant. The leaders of Office Outfitters asks him to evaluate their company, and he finds that the difference between the cost of producing the firm’s products and the value of those products is extremely narrow. What should Matteo suggest that Office Outfitters management do?

In the five forces model developed by Michael Porter,________ is not defined narrowly as a firm’s closest competitors but rather more broadly to include other factors in an industry, such as buyers, suppliers, the potential new entry of other firms, and the threat of substitutes.

Although eHook and eFury operate in the same consumer electronic industry, eHook has better sales and brand equity. This is attributed to eHook’s commitment to innovation. The company has adequate financial and human capital to invest in research and development, an area in which eFury lags behind. In this scenario, which of the following critical assumptions of the resource-based view of a firm has been illustrated?

The PESTEL framework allows the scanning, monitoring, and evaluating of________ in a firm’s macro environment.

When start-up entrepreneurs make claims like, “We will be the Uber of X, where X is any other category than ride hailing” or “We will be the Airbnb of Y, where Y is any other category than hospitality services” they are best illustrating which of the following cognitive biases?