BSG Comprehensive Final Exam Newest 2026-2027

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BSG Comprehensive Final Exam Newest 2026-2027 Actual Exam Preparation With Complete Questions And Correct Answers With Rationales | Already Graded A+||Brand New Version!!

Which of the following are affective ways for manager to try to boost a company's stock price? - ANSWER-· Increase the company's dividend payment to shareholders, each year by at least $ per share, repurchase shares of common stock, and make every effort to achieve annual increases in earnings per share.

Which of the following is an advantage of having plants to manufacture athletic footwear in all four geographic regions? - ANSWER-· Reduced exposure to adverse exchange rate cost adjustments (because having plants in all four geographic regions typically enables a company to reduce cross region shipments of pairs that are subject to unfavorable shifts in exchange rates)

One of the lessons about competing in a globally competitive marketplace that comes from "playing" the Business strategy game is that - ANSWER-· The dynamic, ever evolving nature of 1 / 4

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competition makes it advisable for managers to make strategic adjustments of one kind or another on an ongoing basis to improve the companies competiveness vis-à-vis rivals and boost its overall performance

One of the benefits of contracting with celebrities to endorse the company's brand of athletic footwear is - ANSWER-· The assist that celebrity endorsement provides in increasing a company's sales and market share of branded footwear

Which one of the following is NOT a way to reduce costs and strive to achieve a competitive advantage based on lower overall costs per pair sold than rival companies? - ANSWER-Avoiding the use of overtime at the company's plants

Which one of the following is IS a way to reduce costs and strive to achieve a competitive advantage based on lower overall costs per pair sold than rival companies? - ANSWER-· Searching for the lowest cost way to achieve the target S/Q rating

· Spending (but also taking care not to overspend) on best practices training for workers in all of the companies' plants

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· Striving to operate at full production capacity so as to help spread fixed costs over more pairs of footwear.

· Investing in one or more plant upgrades that have the effect of lowering manufacturing costs per pair produced

It is reasonable for a company's management team to abandon efforts to win contract to supply private label footwear to chain retailers in a given year when. - ANSWER-· It believes the company has good prospect to profitably sell all the branded pairs it can produce at its existing plants (including full use of overtime)

Which of the following is a valid reason or strong signal that a company should consider changing from a low-cost/low price strategy to a different strategy? - ANSWER-· The low-price segment for branded footwear becomes so overcrowded with competitors that fierce competition makes it very difficult to earn attractive profits in the low-price end of the branded footwear marketplace

Which of the following is most likely to be an effective or attractive way to try to reduce manufacturing costs per pair 3 / 4

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produced at a particular plant? - ANSWER-Investing in one or more plant upgrades

Which of the following options is usually an appealing way to try to increase a company's ROE? - ANSWER-· Pursuing actions to boost the company's total profits and maintaining a high (above 75% payout ratio

Which of the following results from the latest decision round are least important in providing guidance to company managers in making their strategic moves and decision to improve their company's competiveness and ranking among the top- performing companies in the upcoming decision round? - ANSWER-· The dividend data, the credit rating data, the income statement data, and the balance sheet data for each company that are part of the Financial Performance Summary on

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Managers are well-advised to consider whether the company can operate more profitably by selling some/all plant capacity in one or more geographic regions where - ANSWER-· Global demand for branded and private-label footwear is so fare below global plant capacity that it will be impossible for most all companies to profitably operate their plants at full capacity for many years to come.

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