Using Strategic Activity Systems a Competitor Can Observe 25 Activities

question 37

Multiple Choice

Using strategic activity systems a competitor can observe 25 activities of Firm A If Firm B decides to imitate Firm A with a 90% accuracy rate, the probability of copying the whole system of 25 activities yields only a 7% accuracy rate.Which framework below is most effective at demonstrating the difficulty of imitating a firm with 25 interconnected activities?

• A) Strategic activity system
• B) VRIO framework
• C) Value chain analysis
• D) SWOT analysis

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Definitions:

Exosystems

A layer in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory referring to settings that indirectly influence an individual, such as parents' workplaces.

Macrosystems

The broadest context in ecological systems theory, encompassing societal norms, values, and laws that influence an individual's development.

Nuclear Families

Families consisting of parents (including single parents) and their children.

Extended Families

Families in which not only parents and their children but other kin—grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews, or more distant family relations—share a household.