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Competitive Advantage - Correct Answers Generating above average returns. Measured relative to other
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firms. Should rely on a more holistic perspective vs. just using one metric.
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II! Strategic Analysis framework - Correct Answers AFI
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II! Strategy - Correct Answers quest to gain and sustain competitive advantage over
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II! Companies - Correct Answers array of activities
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II! vision statement - Correct Answers paints a picture of where a company wants to be
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II! Balanced Scorecard - Correct Answers harnesses multiple internal and external performance metrics in
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II! order to balance both financial and strategic goals. USED IN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
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II! strategic management - Correct Answers an integrative management field that combines analysis,
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II! formulation, and implementation in the quest for competitive advantages
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II! competitive disadvantage - Correct Answers under performance relative to other competitors in the
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II! competitive parity - Correct Answers performance of two or more firms at the same level
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II! sustainable competitive advantage - Correct Answers outperforming competitors or the industry over a
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II! co-opetition - Correct Answers cooperation by competitors to achieve a strategic objective
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, II! firm effects - Correct Answers results of mangers actions to influence firm performance
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II! industry effects - Correct Answers the results attributed to the choice of industry in which to compete
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II! strategic business unit (SBU) - Correct Answers a standalone division of a larger conglomerate, with its
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II! business model - Correct Answers organizational plan that details the firms competitive tactics and
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II! bottom of the pyramid - Correct Answers the largest but poorest socioeconomic group of the world's
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II! externalities - Correct Answers side-effects of production and consumption that are not reflected in the
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II! crowdsourcing - Correct Answers process in which people voluntarily performs tasks they were II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
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II! Stakeholders - Correct Answers Individuals or groups who can affect or are affected by the action of a
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II! A.F.I. - Correct Answers 1.) Analyze
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II! AFI strategy framework - Correct Answers a model that links three interdependent strategic
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II! a strategy that can improve performance and result in competitive advantage
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II! strategic management process - Correct Answers Method by which managers conceive and implement a
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II! strategy that can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage.
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