1. Identify as well as evaluate the strategies that Wal-Mart pursued to uphold its cost-leadership position.
2. Calculate Wal-Mart's competitive environment.
3. Discuss the significance of changes in the external environment to an organization like Wal-Mart.
4. What conclusions can be drawn from an analysis of Wal-Mart's financial performance over the decade of the 1980s? From this review what can you conclude about the financial future of the firm?
5. Risk on how much impact the absence of Sam Walton had on the forward momentum of the organization. What steps have been or must be taken by management to continue Sam Walton's formula for success?
6. Is Wal-Mart's competitive advantage imitable?
7. What are the challenges encounters Wal-Mart in the New Millennium?
8. What endorsements do you have for CEO Lee Scott?