The following questions are for fedex: What political/legal
forces affect the industry? What economic forces affect the
industry? What social forces affect the industry? What
technological forces affect the industry?
How does social capital affect local economic development? What
are the micro and macro forces the affect the relationship between
social capital and local economic development?
How do the five competitive forces in Porter’s five forces
model affect the profitability of the industry? For example, in
what way might strong forces increase industry profits, and in what
way do strong forces reduce industry profits? Identify an industry
in which many of the competitors seem to be having financial
performance problems. Which of the five forces seem to be
strongest?
How do you conduct a competitor analysis? What components are
necessary to conduct a competitor analysis? List...
Discuss specific examples of world-class technology
business that you have seen as a customer. What forces led to the
commercialization of the science behind one or more of these
companies products. why and how do some companies inspire
world-class service, while others fail?
Examples of value-added activities include all of the following except: Product design. Material movement. Assembly activities. Establish an effective distribution network.Of the following components of total quality cost, which is most damaging to a company attempting to achieve a reputation as a world-class manufacturer? Prevention costs. Appraisal costs. Internal failure costs External failure costs