Try to answer these Resources and Capabilities Strategy MCQs and check your understanding of the Resources and Capabilities Strategy subject.
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A. Externally on macro-external forces
B. Externally on strategic groups
C. Internally on organizational capabilities
D. Internally on organizational structure
A. Resource Based View
B. Resource Based Value
C. Resources, Brands and Values
D. Real Brand Values
A. An organization has control over its external factors only
B. An organization has control over its internal factors only
C. An organization has control over both internal and external factors
D. An organization has no control over either internal or external factors
A. Path dependencies in resource development
B. Firm-specific knowledge possessed by managers
C. Entrepreneurial vision of managers
D. All of the above
A. Resources provide the building blocks for constructing a firm’s strategy
B. Capabilities provide the building blocks for constructing a firm’s strategy
C. Resources and capabilities provide the building blocks for constructing a firm’s strategy
D. Human resources provide the building blocks for constructing a firm’s strategy
A. Financial
B. Physical
C. Human
D. All of the above
A. A good track record in research and development
B. A reputation for using only high-quality inputs
C. A reputation for good customer service
D. All of the above
A. It is more difficult to assess tangible resources than intangible ones
B. It is more difficult to assess intangible resources than tangible ones
C. Tangible resources cannot be assessed
D. Intangible resources cannot be assessed
A. If there are clear substitutes, then the buyers may choose one of them
B. Other firms in the market cannot buy the same resources and eliminate any rent-making possibilities
C. The market for such resources will value the assets to account for the future earnings potential, making the assets very expensive and eliminating the possibility of earning economic rent
D. Competition is less important than resources and capabilities
A. Valuable, Real, Imitable, Non-substitutable
B. Valuable, Rare, Industrial, Non-substitutable
C. Valuable, Real, Independent, Non-substitutable
D. Valuable, Rare, Imperfectly imitable, Non-substitutable