Sustainable Business Strategies

Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance.

Answer the following questions and then draw a conclusion about the role of capital investment and resource deployment to influence a corporation's sustained growth.

1. What criteria should a company consider for its capital allocation policy?

2. In an industry such as airline manufacturing, which is subject to volatile markets, what measures can management use to respond quickly to unexpected problems or challenges?

3. What kinds of companies are most likely to generate internal capital (i.e., retained earnings and leverage) and why don't they have as much access to external capital (investors)?

4. Resource deployment to execute strategies should be decided early.  Why?