SOM Chapter 9

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1、435Chapter9:StrategicAlliancesCHAPTER9:STRATEGICALLIANCESTRUE/FALSEQUESTIONS1.Currentlyalliancesaccountfor35%oftherevenueofthelargest1,000firmsintheUnitedStates.TrueFalseAnswer:TruePage:278Difficulty:EasyChapterObjective:12.Astrategicallianceexistswheneverthreeormoreindepend

2、entorganizationscooperateinthedevelopment,manufacture,orsaleofproductsorservices.TrueFalseAnswer:FalsePage:278Difficulty:EasyChapterObjective:13.Inanonequityalliancefirmscreatealegallyindependentfirminwhichtheyinvestandfromwhichtheyshareanyprofitsthatarecreated.TrueFalseAnsw

3、er:FalsePage:278Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:14.Inanequityalliancecooperatingfirmssupplementcontractswithequityholdingsanalliancepartners.TrueFalseAnswer:TruePage:278Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:15.Whenafirmcannotrealizethecostsavingsfromeconomiesofscaleallbyit

4、self,itmayjoininastrategicalliancewithotherfirmssothattogether,bothfirmswillhavesufficientvolumetobeabletogainthecostadvantagesofeconomiesofscale.TrueFalseAnswer:TruePage:280Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:26.Ingeneral,duetotheintangiblenatureofknowledge,firmsarenotablet

5、ousealliancestolearnfromtheircompetitors.TrueFalseAnswer:FalsePage:280Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:27.Whenbothpartiestoanallianceareseekingtolearnsomethingfromthatalliance,alearningracecanevolve.TrueFalseAnswer:TruePage:281Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:2435Chapt

6、er9:StrategicAlliances8.Networkindustriesarecharacterizedbydecreasingreturnstoscale.TrueFalseAnswer:FalsePage:281Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:29.Firmswithhighlevelsofabsorptivecapacitywilllearnathigherratesthanfirmswithlowlevelsofabsorptivecapacity,evenifthesetwofirms

7、aretryingtolearnexactlythesamethingsinanalliance.TrueFalseAnswer:TruePage:283Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:210.Learningracedynamicsareparticularlycommoninrelationsamonglarge,well-establishedfirms.TrueFalseAnswer:FalsePage:283Difficulty:ModerateChapterObjective:211.Inne

8、tworkindustrieswithincreasingreturnstoscalewherestandardsareunimportant,str