Doing a Competitive Strength Assessment Entails

question 67

Multiple Choice

Doing a competitive strength assessment entails

• A) determining whether a company has a cost-effective value chain.
• B) ranking the company against major rivals on each of the important factors that determine market success and ascertaining whether the company has a net competitive advantage or disadvantage versus major rivals.
• C) identifying a company's core competencies and distinctive competencies (if any).
• D) analyzing whether a company is well positioned to gain market share and be the industry's profit leader.
• E) developing quantitative measures of a company's chances for future profitability.

Learn the importance of fair value measurements and GAAP disclosures.

Understand how changes in owners' equity reflect on the firm's financial status.

Describe the operating capability and how it affects a company's performance.

Identify and classify current liabilities on a balance sheet.

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