Across
- 1. Mechanism, barriers to imitation
- 7. to buyers beyond simply offering a low price (2 words)
- 8. an aim or desired result
- 10. a forward-looking statement that defines what the company aims to achieve in the future
- 12. Shared Value, a concept that can be defined as policies that enhance the competitiveness of a company while also advancing the communities in which it operates. (3 words)
- 15. Porter, the Economist who developed the Five Forces Industry Analysis
- 17. products with a lack of physical differentiation potential
- 18. Chain, a model that represents all the activities a company undertakes to create and deliver a product or service to the customer (2 words)
- 20. an extreme form of authoritarianism where the government seeks to control nearly all aspects of public and private life, often through propaganda, surveillance, and repression
- 22. a plan of action designed to achieve a goal
- 23. a theory that asserts that a corporation owes a broad set of duties to the various constituencies that it affects
- 26. Effect, the tendency for individual productivity to decrease in larger groups (2 words)
- 28. Life Cycle, the stages a product goes through (3 words)
- 33. The ______ model is a framework used to analyze a company's resources and capabilities to determine if they can provide a sustainable competitive advantage.
- 34. own a portion of the company through investments
- 36. regular and predictable behavior patterns
- 37. Oceans, newly discovered or introduced industries (2 words)
- 41. Purpose, fundamental reason why a company exists beyond making profit (2 words)
- 43. shared values, beliefs, and practices that define how an organization operates
- 44. an organizational structure where departments are grouped by specialization
- 46. the productive assets owned by a firm
- 47. intelligence, reflects the recognition of the importance of interpersonal skills and emotional awareness (2 words)
- 48. Social Responsibility, the concept of "doing good" (3 words)
- 50. view, a trend of seeing sources of profit being located within a firm (3 words)
- 53. a firm's ability to deploy resources for a desired end result
Down
- 2. an organizational structure that is mostly used by smaller start-ups
- 3. Swan Events, were highly improbable and unpredictable (3 words)
- 4. the process of identifying, understanding, and adapting outstanding practices from organizations anywhere in the world to help your organization improve its performance
- 5. refers to the market's desire to purchase a good or service
- 6. Property, refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions that are legally protected (2 words)
- 9. measurable steps towards a goal
- 11. leaders who obsessively monitor and control every task
- 13. a culture that strongly identifies with its nation, emphasizing national pride, and unity
- 14. the financial gain a business or individual makes when their income exceeds their total expenses
- 16. Leadership, a theory that focuses on leaders' ability to adapt to changing conditions (2 words)
- 19. ambiguity, the problem of identifying the success of companies with
- 21. Strategy,a company's initial plan (2 words)
- 24. complex bundles of organizational capacity that are difficult to determine as (2 words)
- 25. to entry, is any advantage that established firms have over entrants (3 words)
- 27. Market, a small segment of consumers within the larger market (2 words)
- 29. the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced
- 30. concentration, refers to the number and size distribution of firms competing within a market (2 words)
- 31. Rate, minimum acceptable rate of return on an investment or project (2 words)
- 32. power, refers to a party's relative ability to influence another party in a negotiation to achieve favorable terms (2 words)
- 35. Hairy Audacious Goal, the most ambitious goal a company can set (4 words)
- 38. popular environmental scanning framework
- 39. of scale, a proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production (3 words)
- 40. the process of partitioning a market on the basis of characteristics that are likely to influence consumers' purchasing behavior
- 42. leadership, achieved when a company provides something unique that is
- 45. increase the value of a product
- 49. Portfolio, a complete collection of all products and services a company offers (2 words)
- 51. cost, an expense that does not change with the volume of goods or services produced or sold (2 words)
- 52. of Directors, a group of individuals elected by the shareholders of a corporation to guide and oversee the company's operations (3 words)