NETW583 Quiz (all correct answers) Week 5 2018 May

Question 1

Firm A is large and inflexible, so management decides to break the company into smaller sub-units. Firm A has been disaggregated.

True

False

Question 2

Firm B wants all business decisions to come from top levels of the company, so the company decentralized its structural dimensions.

True

False

Question 3

Firm C uses standardization to ensure quality levels are met. However, standardization can also stifle innovation within the company.

True

False

Question 4

Firm D is considered to be an ambidextrous organization because it has a complex structure that allows the company to behave almost as two different organizations.

True

False

Question 5

Firm E uses a local-for-local strategy since all innovation activities are conducted in a centralized hub.

True

False

Question 6

Firm G is known to have several alliances, so the company is cautious about forming many collaborative relationships.

True

False

Question 7

Firm H licensed its technology to Firm I, a bigger company, in order to allow its technology to penetrate markets they cannot easily enter.

True

False

Question 8

Firm J’s alliances can enhance the firm’s overall level of flexibility.

True

False

Question 9

Firm M has no desire to collaborate with other firms to ensure they maintain complete control over their development processes and any subsequent new technologies.

True

False

Question 10

Firm N setups an equity ownership with Firm O where both firms split a percentage of the proceeds from the alliance.

True

False