As a Rule,all the Industries Represented in a Diversified Company's

question 12

Multiple Choice

As a rule,all the industries represented in a diversified company's business portfolio should be judged on such attractiveness factors as

• A) market size and projected growth rate.
• B) emerging opportunities and threats, the intensity of competition, and the degree of industry uncertainty and business risk.
• C) resource requirements and the presence of cross-industry strategic fits.
• D) seasonal and cyclical factors, industry profitability, and whether an industry has significant social, political, regulatory, and environmental problems.
• E) All of these.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcer

A stimulus that satisfies a basic biological need and inherently encourages a particular behavior without prior learning or conditioning.

Money

A medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; used to purchase goods and services.

Reinforcement Deprivation

A condition where the absence of reinforcing stimuli leads to a decrease in the occurrence of a particular behavior.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior by providing a consequence an individual finds rewarding.