Johnson. Scholes and Whittington define strategy as the direction and scope of an organisation over the long term'. Which THREE of the following are advantages of deliberate long-term planning1?

Which of the following techniques is concerned with evaluating the interrelationships between the competitive moves of a set of competing organisations?

In Johnson, Scholes and Whittington's model of rational strategy which of the following stages appear?
Select ALL that apply.

DD is a medium size company and has decided to appoint a data mining company to collate information from a wide variety of sources and analyse the data into more meaningful information.
The Board of DD believes that by using a data mining company to undertake this work, it will add value to its business and help it to remain competitive.
Which of the following statements does NOT apply to data mining?

GV is a manufacturer and retailer of high quality suede gloves. GV makes all of its sales in country F, and is extremely profitable. After many successful years trading, GV has accumulated significant cash reserves and would like to grow the business organically After some investigation work. GV has discovered an opportunity to sell leather shoes in country P Which of the following strategic directions is GV taking if it pursues this opportunity, according to Ansoff's product / market matrix?