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The following answers are the successful strategies for acquisition
process, except:

1. Make sure that acquisition is made in relevant field and is
extension of the firm’s main production operations.
2. Firm should enter into the acquisition process when it lacks
superiority in the certain field or management.
3. Acquiring small cap companies is the good acquisition
strategy.
4. The business leaders, not corporate development groups, have
to lead successful acquisition process.
5. Make sure to differentiate one acquisition from another and
judge them accordingly.*


If the free product offerings are threat to your business, you have to
do followings except:


1. Advance technical know-how
2. Make significant financial investments
3. Improve on distribution and marketing channels
4. Assess and capitalize on market knowledge
5. Start offering of free products as soon as possible*





Radical approaches and ideas help companies to innovate. Youneed to
identify which one of the ideas below is not radical, and would
nothelp companies to innovate in the larger scale.

1. The radical idea changes customer expectationsand behaviors.
2. The radical idea changes the basis of competitiveadvantage.
3. The radical approaches change industryeconomics.
4. The radical approaches break industry dogmas.
5. The radical and intensive investment in Researchand
Development help to innovate.*

Globalization, advanced technologies and transparency changed the
whole business structure in the last decade. So, successful companies
have to possess followings abilities except:
1. The ability to read and act on the market signals

2. The ability to experiment

3. The ability to find new financing avenues*

4. The ability to manage complex multi-company systems

5. The ability to mobilize

There are 9 business building blocks models, key resources being one
of them. Can you identify which one of the answers below is not
related to the key resources building block?
1. Physical assets, such as building, machines, and distribution
networks.*

2. Intellectual resources, such as brands, patents, proprietary
knowledge, and customer databases.

3. Human resources, which are particularly important in knowledge-
intensive and creative businesses.

4. Financial resources, such as cash and lines of credit.

5. Price and Convenience resources, such as offering similar
value at lower cost and making things easier for customer to use.





Your ability to successful wage a standards war depends on your
ownership of key assets. These assets are listed below, except:

1. Ability to innovate

2. Intellectual property rights

3. First-mover advantage

4. Brand name and reputation

5. Financial independence*