1. Name and describe at least three ways that SMEs can internationalize without leaving their home countries. (Ch. 9)

2. Describe how four strategic goals in going global may affect the decision of where to enter. Give examples. (Ch. 10)

3. Describe the five factors that make an industry particularly conducive to collusion. (Ch. 11)

4. Describe the three stages in the formation of an alliance. (Ch. 12)

5. In supply chain management, what are the differences between agility and adaptability? (Ch. 14)

Which of these benefits can be realized from online purchase but not when buying merchandise through catalogs?

convenience of ordering merchandise from home

personalization of the presentation of information based on the customer’s preferences

opportunity to touch and feel merchandise before buying it

convenience of having merchandise delivered to your home

all of the above are available when buying merchandise through the Internet or catalogs

Cyberloafing: Balancing Communication Priorities

Vector Technology is suffering from cyber-loafing, which is employee use of work internet access for personal use. Can you lead a task force in creating a new social media policy for Vector before productivity drops even further? Keep in mind that you don't want to create employee backlash!

• Introduction
  • Brief description of the company (1 paragraph)
• Internal Environment Analysis
  • Discussion of the internal environment concept and the VC model (1 paragraphs)
  • Evaluation of internal environment: application of the value chain model to Polaris Industries (paragraph number as appropriate)
• External Environment Analysis
  • Discussion of the external environment concept and the Business Landscape model (1 paragraphs)
  • Evaluation of external environment: application of the Business Landscape model to Polaris Industries (paragraph number as appropriate)
• Conclusion
  • Summation of analysis and results (1 paragraphs)

CASE 13
Polaris and Victory: Entering and Growing the Motorcycle Business

Why is constructing a value chain important and what role does the value chain play in a firm’s competitive advantage?

Do your best to answer each question thoroughly and provide examples for full credit. (Most of the answers are in the links provided & change control lecture in D2L)

Q1. Illustrate how can we control 'change requests' coming from different directions during a project? (follow the six Steps in the Change Control Process)

Q2.
a. What are the sources of change?
b. Discuss- If a change is agreed upon, what may be the impacts of this change to the project plan (triple constraints)?

Q3.
a. Why many project managers believe that scheduling is worthless if we do not develop a Critical Path Management (CPM) diagram?
b. Explain how CPM effects project management and give examples?

Q4. Work quality is hard to measure/ track & most likely will be sacrificed when deadlines are tight. As a project manager, how will you control that?

Q5. What are the steps for the Software Testing Life Cycle STLC? Briefly explain each step.

Q6. As a project manager there are 3 steps that you need to take to ensure success after going-live. Discuss each step.

QUESTION 21

1. Enterprise Rent-a-Car targets people whose cars are being repaired following a car accident.  It does this to avoid direct competition with large rental companies.  This is an example best described in class as:

   	1.	Market segmenting
   	2.	Product segmenting targetnig
   	3.	Niche market targeting
   	4.	Local area targeting

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QUESTION 22

1. Toyota developed the Scion line of autos for a young driver's market and Johnson and Johnson focused on the adult market for "baby" products. These are examples of:

   	1.	Integrating the markets
   	2.	Targeting the markets
   	3.	Empirically managing the markets
   	4.	Converting the markets

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QUESTION 23

1. Differentiating a market helps businesses for all but one of the reasons below:

   	1.	Differentiating the markets offers the consumer more opportunities to be "delighted"
   	2.	Differentiating allows companies to reposition products to higher-value market segments
   	3.	Companies that differentiate products end up with lower overall share of the market

1 points   

QUESTION 24

1. As discussed in class, Singapore Airlines differentiated its product by:

   	1.	Using auctions to price and sell international tickets
   	2.	Offering superior passenger service compared to what other airlines provided
   	3.	Providing lowest cost airline services
   	4.	Promoting tourism to Singapore with cut rate hotels and inexpensive flights

1 points   

QUESTION 25

1. As discussed in class, Fresh Direct's marketing strategy to sell and deliver groceries directly to the customer is an example of:

   	1.	Market segmentation
   	2.	Product Placement
   	3.	Channel differentiation
   	4.	Product extension

I need someone to MAKE a risk management plan. NOT examples with vague terms. PLEASE A REAL RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ANY PROJECT PLEASE!!!!

Describe 7 main steps in scientific decision making. Illustrate the steps using a specific management problem (for an example, choice of inputs for a PC with minimal costs ).

Identifying the problem between co-workers is the first step to determine the course of action to resolve a conflict. It is important to understand the difference between bullying, harassment and domestic violence in the workplace. The HR manager may be tasked with both developing corporate policies of behavior prohibiting such behaviors and resolving the conflicts. Many times unequal power fuels the conflict. The manner in which the company responds contributes to the ethical nature of the company.

Please identify a workplace conflict from current events or recent events that exemplify bullying, harassment or domestic violence in the workplace that involves unequal power between the parties. Analyze how unequal power may have contributed to the conflict. What are the ethical considerations when resolving a conflict with unequal power? Why is it critical to the business productivity that these conflicts are resolved quickly and efficiently?

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NEED ANSWER ASAP / ANSWER NEVER USED BEFORE, COMPLETELY NEW ANSWER PLEASE

Is it always necessary for government to intervene and internalize the profit and the cost externalities? Illustrate your answer using a real world example.

ANSWER THROUGHLY 1-2 pages *** IN PARAGRAPGH FORM PLEASE NOT BULLET POINTS

COPY AND PASTE Answer in paragraphs, and no picture attachment please.

NEEDS TO BE AN ORIGINAL SOURCE ANSWER NEVER USED BEFORE

What types of disaster recovery architecture alternatives would you consider for a San Francisco based customer service center?

he reservation office for Central Airlines has two agents answering incoming phone calls for flight reservations. A caller can be put on hold until one of the agents is available to take the call. If all three phone lines (both agent lines and the hold line) are busy, a potential customer gets a busy signal, in which case the call is lost. All calls occur randomly (i.e., according to a Poisson process) at a mean rate of 15 per hour. The length of a telephone conversation has an exponential distribution with a mean of 4 minutes.

(a)Construct the rate diagram for this queueing system.

(b) Find the steady-state probability that: (Show every calculation)

1. A caller will get to talk to an agent immediately.

2. The caller will be put on hold, and

3. The caller will get a busy signal.