In the United States, the members of the board of directors are a firm’s key stakeholders and a company’s legal owners

Monitoring by shareholders is usually accomplished through:

When the option strike prices in an executive stock option-based compensation plan have been lowered, it is usually a defense to a hostile takeover

Galatea Foods was founded in Greece by Galatea Chronos in 1978, and the company spread rapidly through Western Europe. Ms. Chronos retains the office of CEO. The Spanish division is headed by her oldest son. The North European division is headed by her only daughter, and the French-Italian division is headed by Ms. Chronos’ brother. Each of those divisions operates independently and makes decisions based on national interests where they are located. This company probably uses the __________ strategy.

Which candidate for the position of CEO provides the best opportunity for strategic change to occur within the firm?

When a corporation pursues a related constrained diversification strategy, financial controls may not add value to strategy implementation efforts because it is difficult to:

Which of the following is NOT a primary task of the strategic center firm in a strategic network?

Megaline, Inc., with five divisions, follows the competitive form of the multidivisional structure. One division has not met the rate-of-return goals for the past year. Another division has exceeded the rate-of-return goals. The other three divisions met the rate-of-return goals. The headquarters office must decide where to allocate capital in the next year. Which of the following scenarios is the MOST likely?

It is easiest to identify the company that functions as the strategic center firm in:

DovBid sells non-standardized products to customers with unique needs. Because DovBid uses a differentiation strategy, it is likely that it will: