The __________ is a tool firms use to determine if they are achieving an appropriate balance when using strategic and financial controls as a means of positively influencing performance.

The top management team is composed of the:

The premise of the balanced scorecard is that firms jeopardize future performance possibilities when they:

The CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Alta Corp. is dismayed by a lack of effort and insights the members provide during board meetings. The directors are all outsiders, are experienced, and run their own successful firms. The CEO/chair genuinely seeks their greater involvement. Which of the following would you recommend?

__________ is one reason for the different rates of entrepreneurship among countries across the globe.

One disadvantage of the functional structure is that:

Applications developed for iPhones make the phone more valuable to iPhone users.  App developers are __________ to Apple.

As ownership of the corporation is diffused, shareholders’ ability to monitor managerial decisions:

When rival firms compete aggressively by trying to attract competitors’ customers, this might be an indication of:

The noted business historian Alfred Chandler viewed the multidivisional structure as an innovative response to: