Swift Stocks Faced with Rapidly Growing Business, Swift Stocks, Inc., a Global

question 15

Multiple Choice

Swift Stocks
Faced with rapidly growing business, Swift Stocks, Inc., a global brokerage company with the largest market share, recently announced that it has established an online stock investment and trading subsidiary, SS.com, where investors can trade stocks at the lowest rates in the industry. The .com subsidiary has less than one percent market share, but it faces a very high business growth rate. In the brokerage industry, the competition is fierce and all players are cutting their online commission rates.
-If Swift Stocks' traditional brokerage business were to face a declining business growth, it may need to be reclassified as a __________ on the BCG matrix.

• A) cash cow
• B) dog
• C) star
• D) question mark
• E) dead business

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Definitions:

Isolationist Policy

A foreign policy stance wherein a country minimizes its involvement in international affairs and focuses on its own development.

Monroe Doctrine

A U.S. policy, enacted in 1823, that opposed European colonialism in the Americas, proclaiming any intervention in the Americas as a hostile act against the U.S.

U.S. Policy

A strategic framework developed by the United States government to guide its domestic and foreign decision-making.

Moral Idealism

A philosophical stance emphasizing the importance of moral principles and ideals in determining individual behavior and guiding societal norms.