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Strategic Management: Theory: An Integrated Approach

Charles W. L. Hill, Gareth R. Jones, Melissa A. Schilling

Chapter 7

Strategy and Technology - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

What is different about high-tech industries? Were all industries once high tech?

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Problem 2

Why are standards so important in high tech industries? What are the competitive implications of this?

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Problem 3

You work for a small company that has the leading position in an embryonic market. Your boss believes that the company's future is ensured because it has a $60 \%$ share of the market, the lowest cost structure in the industry, and the most reliable and highest-valued product. Write a memo to your boss outlining why the assumptions posed might be incorrect.

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Problem 4

You are working for a small company that has developed an operating system for PCs that is faster and more stable than Microsoff's Windows operating system. What strategies might the company pursue to unseat Windows and establish its own operating system as the dominant technical standard in the industry?

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Problem 5

You are a manager for a major music record label. Last year, music sales declined by $10 \%$, primarily because of very high piracy rates for CDs. Your boss has asked you to develop a strategy for reducing piracy rates. What would you suggest that the company do?

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Problem 6

Reread the opening case on the emerging standards battles in mobile payments. Which mobile payment system do you think will become dominant?

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