Posted: February 5th, 2019
please help me understand week 6 dq & assignment 2
please help me understand week 6 dq & assignment 2Assignment 2: Executing Strategies in a
Global Environment: Examining the Case of Federal Express
Due Week 6 and worth 250 points
Review Case 7 “The Evolution of the
Small Package Express Delivery Industry, 1973 – 2010″, located in the
textbook to complete this assignment
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in
which you:
1.
Analyze Federal Expressâs value creation frontier, and determine which
of the four building blocks of
competitive advantage the company needs in order to continue to maintain
above-average profitability. Provide a rationale to support the response.
2.
Determine the main aspect of product differentiation and capacity
control that Federal Express could use in order to maintain an edge over its
rivals. Justify the response.
3.
Assess the efficiency of Federal Expressâs current business model, and
recommend one (1) new business-level strategy that gives the company a
competitive advantage over its rivals. Provide a rationale for the
recommendation.
4.
Examine the manner in which overall global competition may impact the
new business strategy that you recommended in Question 3. Next, suggest one (1)
significant way that Federal Express may confront its global competition.
5.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.Week 6Bus 599Comparing First-movers in
Technology”
From the first and second e-Activities, analyze the key ways in which
Intel and Microsoft capitalized on and reaped substantial first-mover
advantages in pioneering new technologies. Provide a rationale to support your
response.
From the first and second e-Activities, compare Intelâs and Microsoftâs
strategies in terms of their ability to profit from innovation. Next, analyze
the manner in which shifts in new technologies revolutionized the structure of
the industry, increasing profitability and growth through global expansion.
Provide a rationale to support your respon