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Sustained competitive advantage, 9<br />

SWOT Matrix, 178–181<br />

Symbols, 97<br />

Synergy, 100<br />

T<br />

TAS, 195<br />

Tax rates, 339<br />

Technological forces, 51, 69<br />

Test marketing, 104<br />

Threats, 11, 58–69<br />

Top-Down or Bottom-Up <strong>strategic</strong> planning,<br />

302<br />

Top executive titles, 227–229<br />

Total Attractiveness Scores (TAS) (in a QSPM),<br />

195<br />

Total costs, 112–113<br />

Turbulent, high-velocity (change) markets,<br />

155<br />

Turnaround strategy, 146<br />

Tweet, 255<br />

U<br />

Unemployment rates, 64<br />

Unrelated diversification, 144<br />

Utility of mission statements, 51<br />

V<br />

Vacant niche, 260<br />

Value chain analysis (VCA), 119–120<br />

Value of the dollar, 64<br />

Values, 97<br />

Variable costs, 112–113<br />

Vertical consistency of objectives, 217<br />

Vertical integration, 139<br />

Visible vs hidden strategies, 301–302<br />

Vision Statements, 11, 46<br />

Definition, 11<br />

Examples, 44<br />

Importance (Benefits) of, 47<br />

INDEX 367<br />

W<br />

Wa, 335<br />

Weaknesses, 178<br />

Weights vs ratings, 80<br />

Wellness programs, 242<br />

Whistle-blowing, 313<br />

White knight, 159<br />

Wikis, 253<br />

Wireless technology, 70<br />

WO Strategies, 178<br />

Women, 240<br />

Workforce (production/operations function),<br />

113–115<br />

Worth of a business, 273–275<br />

WT Strategies, 178

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