Describe the possible roles that corporate management might play in the strategic planning and management process within individual SBUs in its portfolio. Discuss

1. Explain the differences in strategies formulated at the corporate and at the SBU levels.

2. Describe the possible roles that corporate management might play in the strategic planning and management process within individual SBUs in its portfolio. Discuss
also the tensions between corporate and SBU management over these issues.

3. Explain the five generic types of growth strategy available to individual SBUs.

4. Explain the concept of “competitive advantage” and the purpose it serves in planning and managing strategy. What is the importance of adding the term “sustainable” to competitive advantage?

5. What are the four generic business strategies defined by Michael Porter? Explain also a fifth strategy that is a combination of those four and that was rejected by Porter.

6. Describe five methods by which a business can build a “low-cost leadership” strategic position.

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7. What are some problems that can develop with a low-cost leadership strategy, leading to poor performance?

8. What are the four essential criteria of a differentiation strategy that results in a sustainable competitive advantage?

9. What are some problems that can develop with a differentiation strategy, leading to poor performance?

10. Explain the concept of a “hybrid” strategy. Why did Porter think that such a strategy could not work, and how have some businesses found ways to make the strategy successful?

11. Discuss the concept of a “focus” strategy and its connection to the definition of individual market segments.

12. What are some of the generic ways in which a business can respond to the strategic initiatives of its competitors?