Global Strategies

Complete and submit the following questions. The questions will cover the content of the material and will require the learner to think critically and contextually about the subject matter.

1. Conduct a five forces analysis of the “business school” industry or the “higher education” industry. Identify the “strategic group” in which your home institution belongs to. Then use this analysis to explain why your home institution is doing well (or poorly) in the competition for better students, professors, donors, and ultimately rankings.

2. Conduct a VRIO analysis by ranking your school in terms of the following six dimensions relative to the top three rival schools. If you were the dean with a limited budget, where would you invest precious financial resources to make your school number one among its rivals?

· Perceived reputation

· Faculty strength

· Student quality

· Administrative efficiency

· Information systems

· Building maintenance

3. Some suggest that foreign markets are graveyards for entrepreneurial firms to overextend themselves. Others argue that foreign markets represent the future for SMEs. If you were the owner of a small, reasonably profitable firm, would you consider expanding overseas? Why or why not? 

Your responses must be complete, using terminology and concepts presented in the textbook. Write in complete sentences and use good grammar, double-spacing, 12 point font, with one inch margins. Be sure to cite your resources and provide the references using APA format.