The Payoff of Doing a Thorough SWOT Analysis Is

question 90

Multiple Choice

The payoff of doing a thorough SWOT analysis is

• A)identifying whether the company's value chain is cost-effective vis-à-vis the value chains of rivals.
• B)helping strategy makers benchmark the company's resource strengths against industry key success factors.
• C)enabling a company to assess its overall competitive position relative to its key rivals.
• D)revealing whether a company's market share, measures of profitability, and sales compare favorably or unfavorably vis-à-vis key competitors.
• E)assisting strategy makers in crafting a strategy that is well-matched to the company's resources and capabilities, its market opportunities, and the external threats to its future well-being.

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Definitions:

Expected Frequency

The theoretical frequency of an event or category estimated from a probability distribution or sample data.

Groups

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Total N

The total number of observations, subjects, or participants included in a study or experiment.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information on which a statistical estimate is based, minus the number of parameters estimated.