Improving decision making: analyzing competitive strategybusiness skills: value chain and competitive forces analysis, business strategy formulationthis project provides an opportunity for you to develop the competitive strategy for a real-world business. you’ll use value chain analysis to determine what kinds of information systems will provide the company with a competitive advantage. dirt bikes’s management wants to be sure it is pursuing the right competitive strategy. you have been asked to perform a competitive analysis of the company. prepare a report that analyzes dirt bikes using the value chain and competitive forces models. yourreport should include the following: which activities at dirt bikes create the most value? how does dirt bikes provide value to its customers? what are the competitive forces that can affect the industry? what competitive strategy should dirt bikes pursue? what information systems best support that strate

Asap ! 1. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 22 11/pie = 2. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 11 and y = 5 pie/12 - y/12 = 3. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 5 : 3/pie + 2/ pie = 4. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 5 : 3/pie + 2/pie = 5. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 6 and y = 10: x/y = 6. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 6: pie/9 7. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 5 and y = 20: pie/y = 8. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 4 and y = 24: pie/y = 9. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 6 5/pie = 10. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 21 4/7 + 2/pie = 11. evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 3 and y = 1 pie/10 + y/5 = 12.evaluate the following and simplify if possible when pie = 8 pie/10 =

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct