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MCQ #1 GRADE:3
What approach did Pitney Bows deem unsuccessful when acquiring
acquisitions?
a. Acquiring acquisitions that correlated with the company's existing
business ventures
b. Buying big rather than making smaller acquisitions is a sounder
approach (correct answer)
c. Assign a business sponsor to each unit of acquisition
d. Know how to differentiate between a bolt on acquisition and
platform acquisition
e. Buying another business as an act to fix a present issue is the
wrong way to go
MCQ #3 GRADE:3
Which of the following is NOT a step used to help managers set a clear
platform strategy?
a. Decide whether to play with an existing MSP
b. Determine how many MSPs' your company should join
c. Decide which features you should adopt
d. In order to maintain competitive advantage, decide which services
to reject
e. Research what companies have previously done business with the
existing MSP (correct)
MCQ #4 GRADE:4
Which of the following is not part of the five imperatives for
dramatically boosting innovation efficiency as discussed in the
article, 'Funding for Growth in an Age of Austerity'?
a. Raise the ratio of learning over investment in innovation
projects.
b. Raise the ratio of commitment over the number of
key innovation priorities
c. Raise the ratio of internally sourced innovation to
externally sourced innovation (correct)
d. Raise the ratio of radical innovation to incremental
innovation.
e. Raise the ratio of innovators to the total number of
employees
MCQ #5 GRADE:3
Adaptability: A New Competitive Advantage: Which of the following is
NOT one of the four organizational capabilities companies use to
attain adaptive advantage in the article ?
a. The ability to experiment
b. The ability to innovate (correct)
c. The ability to read and act on signals
d. The ability to manage complex multicompany systems
e. The ability to mobilize
MCQ #6 GRADE:3
The Art of Standards Wars: Which one of the following is NOT a key
asset in networking markets?
a. brand name and reputation
b. intellectual property rights
c. ability to innovate
d. manufacturing capabilities
e. control over production (correct)