Strategic Choices

Correct answer A: Combination of stability/growth/retrenchment possibilities.

Different units can have different directions.

Correct answer D: Market development.

Explicit product/market definitions control label.

Correct answer C: Backward integration/external acquisition route.

Direction in linked chain and execution route differ.

Correct answer D: Star with relative 1.5.

Both supplied model axes are high.

Correct answer C: Cash cow with relative 2.

Low growth/high relative.

Correct answer C: Question mark with relative .4.

High growth/low relative.

Correct answer C: Dog with relative .25.

Both axes low; no automatic exit follows.

Correct answer B: Cause/core-fit/finance/viability assessment.

Recovery and disposal alternatives require evidence.

Correct answer A: Strategic alliance.

Independence plus cooperation distinguishes the case.

Correct answer A: Assess cash/capability/risks and roles rather than automatically fund stars or liquidate dogs.

Matrix classification supports, not replaces, judgment.

Correct answer D: Preserve scope while improving efficiency and responding to relevant changes; risk remains.

Source positive adjectives are not guarantees.

Correct answer A: Define existing/new product and customer-market boundaries.

Novelty depends on baseline/context.

Correct answer C: Product development, not penetration, under explicit axes.

SM 4 p 9/24-25 clarifies the grid.

Correct answer A: Assess actual transferable assets/skills and net benefit against coordination costs.

Potential links need fit/economic support.

Correct answer D: Strategic fit, returns, risk and opportunity cost rather than automatic financial sense.

Source optimistic claims must be qualified.

Correct answer A: Yes if control/structure establish acquisition; tone/relative strength are not conclusive.

Source page 15 tone stereotypes not definitions.

Correct answer D: Assess actual terms/current competition rules; no anticompetitive conduct authorised by a textbook rationale.

Classification is research, not action permission.

Correct answer C: Automatic exemption from local law or improper political influence permission.

Political/context advantages need lawful verified terms.

Correct answer B: Stop cash leakage/stabilise operations and feasible funding.

Actions need actual terms/authority and viable priorities.

Correct answer B: Evaluate core viability, assets/debts/cash and alternatives; recovery may be impossible.

Turnaround stages do not eliminate feasibility risk.

Correct answer A: It can be an integral corporate strategy evaluated on evidence, not stigma.

Source frames disposal as strategic option.

Correct answer B: Liquidation, with detailed legal mechanics outside this source coverage.

Brief strategic definition is not insolvency/legal advice.

Correct answer D: Tenable.

Satisfactory but vulnerable differs from weak unsatisfactory.

Correct answer B: No; compare evidence, resources and alternatives before choice.

Model gives conditional options, not compulsion.

Correct answer C: Unresolved: need market growth and relative-share denominator/cutoffs.

Coufix source example lacks complete explicit axes;do not overclaim.

Correct answer B: Harvest.

Harvest differs from building/preserving share.

Correct answer D: Build.

Objective is stronger future share.

Correct answer B: 3.15.

1.6+1.05+.5=3.15; rating directions defined.

Correct answer A: 4.1.

1.2+.9+2=4.1.

Correct answer B: Conditional guidance with rating/weight/cash/risk/fit review, not guaranteed return or authority.

Multifactor ratings are assumptions and choices need judgment.