1. What happened in the four years in the battery industry since Gillette acquired Duracell? If you were James Kilt, what strategic actions would you take to turn Duracell around?
2. Explain the benefits of the multidivisional structure for managing a firm that competes in several industries.
3. Explain the formal strategic planning process. Name each step in the process and describe the specific activities included in each step and the relationship between the steps.
4. Pick two cases from the cases discussed in class throughout the semester, discuss the main topics of the case, point out what are the relevant strategy concepts and frameworks can be used in the case analysis, and explain what you have learned from the two cases.