Depending on a firm's approach to the competitive market place, firms within any given industry can be categorized based on strategic type. A firm's strategic type can provide insight into how the firm will seek to shape and/or respond to changes within its environment. This activity is important because marketing managers need to be mindful of the organizational strategies in play when developing marketing strategies for their firms. The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate an understanding of Miles and Snow's four strategic types that classify the organizational strategies of firms. Miles and Snow propose several categories of firm within any given industry based on strategic type. Firms of a particular strategic type have a common strategic orientation and a similar combination of structure, culture, and processes that follow their organizational strategy. The four strategic types are prospectors, analyzers, defenders, and reactors. Mathc the related item to its appropriate position depending on which strategic type it represents.

a. Proctor & Gamble
b. Tesla
c. Kmart
d. Mrs. Fields

Prospector Analyzer Defender Reactor

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Beagle autos is known for its affordable and reliable brand of consumer vehicles. because its shareholders expect to see an improved rate of growth in the coming years, beagle's executives have decided to diversify the company's range of products so that at least 40 percent of the firm's revenue is generated by new business units. however, the company's resources, capabilities, and competencies are limited to producing other forms of motorized vehicles, such as motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (atvs). which type of corporate diversification strategy should beagle pursue?

> > objectives define federalism and explain why the framers adopted a federal system instead of a unitary system. categorize powers delegated to and denied to the national government, and powers reserved for and denied to the states, and the difference between exclusive and concurrent powers.