Outsourcing value chain activities has such strategy-executing advantages as
(a) less internal bureaucracy, speedier decision-making, quicker responses to changing market conditions, and heightened focus on performing a select few value chain activities (which can improve performance of those ) facilitating the empowerment of employees (because there are less things to do ) promoting a total quality management culture.(d) reducing the need to establish a strongly implanted corporate culture.(e) reducing the strategic importance of building valuable core competencies.

In the rbv are defined as the tangible and intangible assets that a firm controls that it can use to conceive and implement its strategies.answers: management policies

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Dan wants to start a supermarket in his hometown, and wants to get into the business only after finding out about the market and how successful his business might be. the best way for dan to gain knowledge is to: