MANAGMNT 366 Quiz

Nike's Reuse a Shoe Project is an example of which component of Hart's sustainability portfolio?

Which of the following do Lubin and Esty classify as a Winner?

Which of the following is NOT a question managers would ask to understand how climate change will affect revenues?

The results of McKinsey's survey of how companies manage sustainability suggest that there are four distinct approaches to the sustainability organization. Which of the following are among these approaches?

Companies face several types of climate-change risks. An insurance company analyzing the impact of rising sea levels on insured properties is primarily concerned with which type of climate-change risk?

Which types of sustainability portfolios suggest good current positioning but future vulnerability, according to Hart?

Reinhardt cites which of the following companies as an example of a successful environmental product differentiation approach?

Applying techniques such as biomimicry in product development is one of the innovation opportunities associated with which of the five stages identified in the Nidumolu article?

A bottom (or base) of the pyramid strategy is most closely aligned with which component of Hart's sustainability portfolio?

What is one of the conditions that Reinhardt believes is necessary for successful environmental product differentiation?

The Nidumolu article states that becoming sustainable is a five-stage process. Which of the following is a competence required for Stage 2 (making value chains sustainable)?

Lubin and Esty state that gaining advantage in the sustainability megatrend involves execution in five key areas. The systematic use of specialized tools to measure the cost, productivity, and environmental impacts of sustainability initiatives across a company demonstrates proficiency in which area of execution?

Lash and Wellington state that improving a company's climate competitiveness is a four-step process. The accounting required for Step 1 (quantifying a company's carbon footprint) can be facilitated by which of the following methods?

When can a Defender sustainability strategy succeed, according to Lubin and Esty?

In the McKinsey article on climate change adaptation, the possibility of higher costs of capital due to climate-related exposure such as carbon pricing, supply-chain disruption, or product obsolescence represents what type of risk?

According to the results of a McKinsey survey of how companies manage sustainability, which of the following was most frequently cited in 2014 as a reason for addressing sustainability?

The CEO of a large automaker announces ambitious goals to dramatically improve the fuel economy of the company's vehicles. Because of a lack of capacity for strategic execution, however, the company subsequently fails to meet those goals. Lubin and Esty would classify this company as which of the following?

The McKinsey article on climate change adaptation suggests that climate-change risk exposure is high in which of the following industries?

It is difficult to quantify the benefits of investments in which approach, according to Reinhardt?

A company conducts an education campaign among Tier 4 consumers to promote sustainable product innovations. This action is consistent with which commercial infrastructure element identified by Prahalad and Hart?

Cleaning up waste after it is created is known as what?

A manufacturing company decides to focus on continuous improvement efforts to reduce waste and energy use. This strategy is consistent with which component of Hart's sustainability portfolio?

Of the four components of Hart's sustainability portfolio, which one is characterized by a time horizon of tomorrow and an internal organizational focus?

The total environmental burden created by human activity is a function of which three factors?

Reinhardt argues that managers should view environmental problems as what type of issues?