1. A blue-ocean strategy: A. is an offensive strike employed by a market leader that is directed at pilfering customers away from unsuspecting rivals to boost profitability. B. involves an unexpected (out-of- the-blue) preemptive strike to secure an advantageous position in a fast-growing market segment. C. works best when a company is the industry\'s low-cost leader. D. involves abandoning efforts to beat out competitors in existing markets and instead invent a new industry or new market segment that renders existing competitors largely irrelevant and allows a company to create and capture altogether new demand. E. involves the use of highly creative, never-used-before strategic moves to attack the competitive weaknesses of rivals. 2. All firms are subject to offensive challenges from rivals. The intent of the best defensive move is to: A. lower the risk of being attacked. B. weaken the impact of any attack that occurs. C. pressure challengers to aim their efforts at other rivals. D. help protect a competitive advantage. E. All of these. 3. What does the scope of the firm refer to? A. The range of activities the firm performs externally and its social responsibility activities B. To gain competitive advantage based on where it locates its various value chain activities C. The firm\'s capability to employ vertical integration strategies D. The range of activities the firm performs internally and the breadth of its product offerings, the extent of its geographic market, and its mix of businesses E. To prevent foreign competition from affecting the market 4. The difference between a merger and an acquisition relates to: A. strategy and competitive advantage. B. the presence of available resources and competitive capabilities. C. whether the end result is related to horizontal or vertical scope. D. creating a more cost-efficient operation out of the combined companies. E. the details of ownership, management control, and the financial arrangements. 5. Mergers and acquisitions are often driven by such strategic objectives as: A. expanding a company\'s geographic coverage or extending its business into new product categories. B. reducing the number of industry key success factors. C. reducing the number of strategic groups in the industry. D. facilitating a company\'s shift from a low-cost leadership strategy to a focused low-cost strategy. E. lengthening a company\'s value chain and thereby putting it in a better position to deliver superior value to buyers. 6. What outcomes do horizontal merger and acquisition strategies intend? A. Expanding a company\'s geographic coverage. B. Gaining quick access to new technologies or complementary resources and capabilities. C. Leading the convergence of industries whose boundaries are being blurred by changing technologies and new market opportunities. D. Extending the company\'s business into new product categories. E. All of these. 7. Vertical integration strategies: A. extend a company\'s competitive sco.