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Ambrose is a scientist working for a pharmaceutical company. His company was acquired by a rival pharmaceutical company, and now it is involved in downsizing and downscoping. Ambrose is concerned about his job security, since he is actively involved in amateur sports in his community and does not wish to disrupt his current lifestyle. Ambrose’s job will MOST likely be secure if:

When a firm acquires its supplier, it is engaging in a(n):

In Porter’s model, if a country has both __________ and __________ production factors, it is likely to serve an industry well by spawning strong home-country competitors that can also be successful global competitors.

A nonequity strategic alliance exists when:

Of the various business-level strategic alliances, __________ alliances have the most probability of creating sustainable competitive advantage, and __________ have the lowest.

What might be a reason that the number of cross-border alliances are continuing to increase?

A manufacturer of specialty jams and jellies has decided to ally itself with an orchard and vineyard growing rare strains of fruit. This is a(n) __________ strategy.

Thomas is an upper-middle-level manager for a firm that has been actively involved in acquisitions over the last 10 years. The firm has grown much larger as a result. Thomas has been dismayed to find that recently the managerial culture of the firm has been turning more and more to __________ controls.

The factors that lead to poor long-term performance by acquisitions include all of the following EXCEPT firms:

In France, fine dressmaking and tailoring have been a tradition predating Queen Marie Antoinette. Cloth manufacturers, design schools, craft apprenticeship programs, modeling agencies, and so forth, all exist to supply the clothing industry. This is an example of the __________ in Porter’s model.