Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review Chapter 16: Strategic Elements of Competitive Advantage, and table 16-2: D’Cruz's model, “Dynamic Strategic Interactions in Hypercompetitive Industries.”

· Define the term hypercompetition with an example. Identify a firm that competes in a hypercompetitive industry.

· Explain how the five partners (flagship) model developed by Rugman and D’Cruz differ from Porter’s five forces model?

· Determine how the firm you selected uses dynamic strategic interactions to compete in each arena listed in the model on 16-2, which are cost and quality, timing and know-how, entry barriers, and deep pockets.

· What is the connection if any, between national competitive advantage and a company competitive advantage?