A private university is made up of various “schools,” such as the School of Journalism, the School of Business, the School of Law, the School of Arts and Sciences, and so forth. The university is experiencing some financial problems, so the administration has decided to have each school of the university become a profit center. This scheme is somewhat parallel to the __________ organizational structure.

The integrated cost leadership/differentiation strategy is difficult to implement mostly because:

The interests of multinational corporations’ shareholders may be best served when there is:

Entrepreneurs tend to have all the following characteristics EXCEPT:

One means that is considered to improve the effectiveness of outside directors is:

The need for the organization to combine local responsiveness with economies of scale is most critical in a __________ strategy.

A firm pursuing a related constrained diversification strategy would typically need all of the following EXCEPT:

The main risk in a strategic alliance is that:

The __________ structure is the most appropriate structure for implementing the integrated cost leadership/differentiation strategy.

The market for corporate control may not be as efficient as previously thought as recent findings suggest that those firms targeted for takeover by active corporate raiders are: