Strategy Formulation and Implementation (Please answer all of questions)

Consider that both a retail chain and a manufacturing company want to expand overseas. What environmental factors would have the most impact on these companies?

What ratio of environmental scanning to internal analysis should each employ?

What key factors of success differentiate the two?

Of the four imperatives discussed in this chapter ?economic, political, quality, and administration?which would be most important to IBM in its efforts to make inroads in the Pacific Rim market?

Would this emphasis be the same as that in the United States, or would IBM be giving primary attention to one of the other imperatives? Explain.