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What is the main purpose of Porter's Five Forces Model?
A) Decide which products to launch
B) Manage product portfolios
C) Inform investment appraisal decisions
D) Analyze competition in a market

D. Analyze competition in a market

According to porter, which of the following is most important to achieving a competitive advantage?
A) Serving all customers equally, rather than targeting the most profitable
B) Operating at a lower cost, commanding a premium price, or both
C) Focusing on becoming the most competitive business within the sector/market
D) Outsourcing activities that enhance/refine your competitive advantage

C. Focusing on becoming the most competitive business within the sector/market

According to Porter's five forces model, which of the following firms would be least affected by the threat of substitutes?
A) a used car dealership in New York
B) a convenience store that sells retail products
C) a firm that sells the only drug for a disease
D) corner latte shops in Atlanta

C. a firm that sells the only drug for a disease

2) Porter's five forces model is used to assess ________.
A) industry structure
B) market share
C) internal competition
D) lifecycles of products

B) market share

Can you identify which of the following forces does not form part of Porter's Five Forces Model?
A) Threat of new entry
B) Supplier power
C) Risk of losses
D) Buyer power

C) Risk of losses

What is likely to happen if many new businesses enter a market?
A) Competitive rivalry will intensify
B) Barriers to entry will rise
C) Industry capacity will fall
D) Industry profits will increase

C) Industry capacity will fall

A market will usually be more difficult to enter if there is:
A) Low brand loyalty
B) Wide access to distribution channels
C) Common technology
D) Patented or proprietary know-how

D) Patented or proprietary know-how

Which of these situations is likely to cause high bargaining power of suppliers?
A) Resource inputs are not essential to product quality
B) A few large suppliers dominate the market supply
C) Many alternative sources of supply
D) Many customers with low brand loyalty

B) A few large suppliers dominate the market supply

According to Porter's five forces model, which of the following would be most affected by the threat of substitutes?
A) Microsoft Windows OS
B) Boeing jets
C) Southwest Airlines
D) Google Adwords

C) Southwest Airlines

According to Porter's five forces model, in which of the following situations would the suppliers have the highest bargaining power?
A) a single vendor providing raw materials to many department stores
B) a fashion outlet catering to a niche market
C) a bank liquidating during a fire sale
D) a large retailer buying goods from many small suppliers

A) a single vendor providing raw materials to many department stores

According to Porter's five forces model, in which of the following examples would rivalry be considered as a weak force affecting the market?
A) military services
B) used car dealers
C) book sellers
D) packaged food manufacturers

A) military services

7) A new drug that has shown promise in curing lung cancer has been discovered by a famous chemical laboratory. This is the only drug effective for treatment of this disease. The laboratory obtains a patent for the product and decides to sell it. This situation is characterized by ________.
A) low threat of substitutions
B) high bargaining power of customers
C) high threat of new entrants
D) low bargaining power of suppliers

A) low threat of substitutions

8) A group of grain farmers in a surplus year will have reduced ________.
A) bargaining power
B) threat of substitutes
C) risk of rivalry
D) threat of new entrants

A) bargaining power

9) Bargaining power of customers is likely to be the highest for markets involving ________.
A) public transportation
B) industrial products
C) patented drugs
D) luxury goods

B) industrial products

10) The automobile industry is characterized by many manufacturers and intense competition among them. This statement illustrates ________.
A) low threat of substitutions
B) high bargaining power of suppliers
C) high levels of rivalry
D) low bargaining power of customers

C) high levels of rivalry

11) ABC Motors is the largest manufacturer of cars. The company purchases raw materials from many small-sized sellers across the globe. In this case, ABC Motors is characterized by ________.
A) very low threat of substitute products
B) high bargaining power over its suppliers
C) very low threat of new entrants to market
D) very high bargaining power over its customers

B) high bargaining power over its suppliers

12) N-joi Ice Cream recently faced competition against their flagship brand of "black currant ice cream." The competitor made significant in-roads into this market by offering three varieties of "black currant ice cream." N-joi decided to counter this threat by introducing five new varieties of ice creams. Which competitive strategy is N-joi implementing?
A) cost leadership
B) product differentiation
C) cost differentiation in the segment
D) service focus

B) product differentiation

An automobile company decides to improve the quality of all its products and bring more variety into its product line. The company has decided to adopt ________.
A) focused cost-leadership
B) industry-wide differentiation
C) industry-wide cost leadership
D) focused differentiation

B) industry-wide differentiation

Focused differentiation occurs when ________.
A) a better product is provided within an industry segment
B) there is limited competition in an industry
C) the customers are highly price sensitive
D) product quality improves across an entire industry

A) a better product is provided within an industry segment

Focused cost leadership is observed when a product has the lowest cost ________.
A) within an industry segment
B) across the product range offered by a company
C) within an industry
D) within the supply chain of a company

A) within an industry segment

16) The difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost of the activity is called the ________.
A) revenue
B) turnover
C) margin
D) value-addition

C) margin

Porter defined value as the ________.
A) amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for an offering
B) extent of after-sale service provided to customers
C) perceived satisfaction of the customers and sellers after a transaction
D) actual money exchanged in return of a product/service

A) amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for an offering

Identify the activity in the value chain that involves receiving and handling of raw materials and other inputs to the product.
A) inbound logistics
B) procurement
C) operations
D) outbound logistics

A) inbound logistics

The difference between the total value added and the total costs incurred is called the ________ of the value chain.
A) actual value
B) total margin
C) gross revenue
D) gross turnover

B) total margin

20) A retail marketing company sells such products as agricultural produce and consumer products. The company procures materials from farmers and local producers. This process of obtaining the inputs needed for a business is called ________.
A) outbound logistics
B) inbound logistics
C) operations
D) internal marketing

B) inbound logistics

Which of the following value chain activities involves transforming raw materials into a finished product or service?
A) operations
B) inbound logistics
C) marketing
D) maintenance

A) operations

Which of the following value chain activities involves collecting, storing, and physically distributing the product to buyers?
A) inbound logistics
B) operations
C) customer service
D) outbound logistics

D) outbound logistics

23) Which of the following value chain activities involves inducing buyers to purchase a product and providing a means for them to do so?
A) inbound logistics
B) operations
C) sales and marketing
D) outbound logistics

C) sales and marketing

24) Which of the following value chain activities involves assisting users with handling of the products after sale, thus maintaining and enhancing the products' value?
A) inbound logistics
B) customer service
C) operations
D) outbound logistics

B) customer service

33) A(n) ________ is a network of activities that generate value by transforming inputs into outputs.
A) business process
B) competitive strategy
C) linkage
D) information system

A) business process

34) The cost of the business process is the sum of the cost of the inputs and the ________.
A) cost of the activities
B) cost of the outputs
C) value of the outputs
D) value of the products

A) cost of the activities

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What is Porter's theory of competitive advantage?

Michael Porter proposed the theory of competitive advantage in 1985. The competitive advantage theory suggests that states and businesses should pursue policies that create high-quality goods to sell at high prices in the market. Porter emphasizes productivity growth as the focus of national strategies.

What are the 5 competitive strategies according to Porter?

These forces include the number and power of a company's competitive rivals, potential new market entrants, suppliers, customers, and substitute products that influence a company's profitability.

Can you identify which of the following forces does not from part of Porter's competitive position analysis?

Political factor is not one of the Porter's five force factor. The Porter's five forces tool is a simple but powerful tool to evaluate the power of business. Porter's Forces Analysis assumes that there are important forces that determine competitive power in a business situation.

Which of the following is likely to cause high bargaining power of suppliers?

The bargaining power of suppliers is high if the buyer does not represent a large portion of the supplier's sales. If substitute products are unavailable in the marketplace, then supplier power is high.