Advanced Strategic Management Assignment

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Responses to each question should fully answer and explore the question, may be less than or around 250- 300 words each, and should be supported with scholarly research from your textbook and also often from outside internet sources, excluding wiki sources. Remember that well-written responses do not need to be excessively wordy.

Book: Pearce, J. A., & Robinson, R. B. (2015). Strategic Management (14th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. (ISBN: 9780077862510)

1. Discuss in scholarly detail concept of outsourcing. What are advantages associated with this trend? What are disadvantages of outsourcing? How do you feel about this concept? Explain?

2. Discuss in scholarly detail environmental factors that affect the performance of a firm.

3. Discuss in scholarly detail some proactive and reactive reasons for a firm going global.

4. Discuss in scholarly detail a differentiation between foreign branching, equity investment and wholly owned subsidiaries. In addition, what are some risks firms face with a foreign subsidiary strategy? Explain?

5. Discuss in scholarly detail elements of SWOT analysis and what are the limits to its effectiveness and why?