Question

Boeing...: Where Will it Squeeze Supplier Next

Which of the following companies has a core business strategy that is the most similar to the strategy indicated in the above headline? (i.e. that Boeing intends to squeeze suppliers? Note that Boeing is the world's largest airplane manufacturer.)

• A corn farmer in Iowa
• Pal's Sudden Service
• Walmart
• Trader Joe's
• Intel
• Extraordinary journeys
• Southwest

Answer 1

Solution:

The following companies have similar core business strategies like the one mentioned in the headline above,

• Walmart
• Trader Joe's
• Intel
• Southwest

Because for a company to be able to squeeze suppliers it has to have strong bargaining power and the above-listed companies are significantly huge and they have very strong bargaining power.