This popular chain of locals casinos in las vegas partially owned by the Ferttita brothers purchased California based CyberArts to develop an online poker site.
What is a Stations Casinos
100
Can be described as the market of inputs. Suppliers of services to a firm, can be a source of power over the firm, when there are few substitutes.
What is the bargaining power of suppliers?
100
Brand recognition, awareness and trust are attributes of Las Vegas Resorts that fulfill this element of SWOT?
What is strength?
100
When a casino operator purchases stock in an online gaming company it is an example of this type of strategic alliance
What is an equity alliance?
200
Congress plans on legalizing this type of online gaming first because it relies more on skill and less reliant on chance.
What is Online Poker
200
When the products or services provided by a firm's rivals meet approximately the same customer needs in the same ways as the services provided by the firm itself.
What is the threat of substitutes?
200
From a Las Vegas Resort perspective, Cannibalization of existing customers represents this element of SWOT?
What is a threat?
200
What is one opportunity associated with strategic alliances
what is improve performance of current operations?
300
This type of integration involves a company offering different products to satisfy a common need.
What is Vertical Integration
300
The intensity of competition among a firms direct competitors.
What is the threat of rivalry?
300
Las Vegas based gaming companies, consider capital constraints to be what type of strategic factor?
What is a weakness?
300
When an online gaming company partners with a casino operator to form a new and distinct company it is an example of this type of strategic alliance
What is a joint venture?
400
This company recently merged with Harrah’s and is now the largest monetary supporter of legalizing online gaming in Washington DC
Who is Caesars
400
Firms that have either recently started operating in an industry or that threaten to begin operations in an industry soon.
What is the threat of entry?
400
Creating a platform for future resort expansion is considered to be this type of strategic factor.
What is an opportunity?
400
When casino operators and an online gaming company partner but do not take equity position in each other or form an independent organization it is this type of strategic alliance
What is a nonequity alliance?
500
When Bally Technologies purchased Macroview it paid a higher price for company than the current market price, which is this type of acquisition.
What is an Acquisition Premium
500
Can be described as the market of outputs. The ability of customers to put the firm under pressure, which also affects the customers sensitivity to price changes.
What is the threat of powerful buyers?
500
Expanding the database of gaming customers for loyalty marketing purposes is an example of this strategic factor?
What is an opportunity?
500
Boyd Gaming and MGM worked in tandem to operate a resort and spa in this gambling destination city