Test Bank For The Management of Technology And Innovation A Strategic Approach 2nd Edition By Margaret A. White
Part 1, Chapter 2—Strategy Process and the Management of Technology and Innovation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Strategy can be defined as:
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Process whereby new and improved products, processes, materials, and services are developed and transferred to a new plant or market where they are appropriate |
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The critical tools, methods, and systems employed in the creation of goods or in providing services |
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A coordinated set of actions that fulfill the firm’s objectives, purposes, and goals |
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The systematic gathering of information that leads to the generation of feasible alternatives for the firm |
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e. |
An industrial integration view of the firm based on industrial organization economics |
ANS: C PTS: 1
2.Linux is an example of continuous technology because:
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the changes in the program are dramatic |
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the changes in the logic of the system happen over a relatively short period of time |
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the changes are implemented by a large number of individuals from all over the world |
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the technology changes are so disruptive that change happens continuously |
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it is not an example of continuous technology |
ANS: B PTS: 1
3.What was the common mistake of Polaroid, Swiss Watch, and the United States steel industry?
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Giving technology away to competitors |
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Failing to improve their technology |
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Loss of government backing |
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d. |
Intervention of the WTO |
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e. |
Failing to form international alliances |
ANS: B PTS: 1
4.The domains that firms need to ensure are consistent with their strategy include all of the following except:
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Structure |
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Employee hiring and relations |
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Decision making |
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Incentives |
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e. |
Industry structure |
ANS: E PTS: 1
5.The impact of a strategy comes from the firm setting a clear direction and taking actions that are consistent with that strategy. The common areas that the firm needs to focus on include:
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Incentives |
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Structure and decision making |
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Communication and employee relations |
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Culture |
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All of these choices |
ANS: E PTS: 1
6.Capabilities are:
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Skills the firm develops |
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The strategic direction the firm will seek to pursue |
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The building blocks for the value chain analysis |
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The building blocks of the five forces analysis |
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Central to the analysis of complementors |
ANS: A PTS: 1
7.Capabilities are typically classified as either ____ or ____.
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technical − implementation |
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market − formulation |
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implementation − critical |
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technical − market |
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e. |
implementation − formulation |
ANS: D PTS: 1
8.Technology’s impact on the competitive environment is disruptive if:
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The change and impact is dramatic in society from the technology |
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There is a constant flow of small changes in the technology |
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The technology has not substantively been present before |
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The technology places existing industries out of business |
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There is no impact from the technology |
ANS: A PTS: 1
9.Each of the following are stages in the technology life cycle according to the S-curve except:
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embryonic |
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growth |
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maturity |
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d. |
aging |
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e. |
death |
ANS: E PTS: 1
10.When a firm uses technology in a(n) ____ manner it employs a technology in a manner not being used by competitors.
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Reactive |
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Preemptive |
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Offensive |
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Protective |
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e. |
Defensive |
ANS: C PTS: 1
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