A Company's Value Chain

question 31

Multiple Choice

A company's value chain

• A)consists of the primary activities that it performs in seeking to deliver value to shareholders in the form of higher dividends and a higher stock price.
• B)depicts the internally performed activities associated with creating and enhancing the company's competitive assets.
• C)consists of two broad categories of activities: the primary activities that create customer value and the requisite support activities that facilitate and enhance the performance of the primary activities.
• D)concerns the basic process the company goes through in performing R&D and developing new products.
• E)consists of the series of steps a company goes through to develop a new product,get it produced and into the marketplace,and then start collecting revenues and earning a profit.

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Definitions:

Innovation

The process of creating new ideas, products, or methods, often leading to improvements or significant changes in a particular field.

Hardware Decisions

Refers to the process of choosing the physical components and devices needed for a computer system or network.

Legacy Systems

Older computer systems, software, or technology that are still in use, despite newer alternatives being available.

Hardware Purchases

The act of buying physical components and devices used in computing and technological systems.