Introduction Tyson Foods, Inc., is the world's largest fully integrated producer, processor, and marketer of poultry-based food products whose strategy is to "Segment, Concentrate, and Dominate." The firm is vertically integrated (with seven specific levels of activity), contains numerous subsidiaries, has achieved successful acquisitions, operated in a competitive environment that is heavily regulated and scrutinized, and financially stable. At issue herein is the question of how Tyson can continue to enjoy competitive advantages over its rivals (ConAgra and Hudson Foods being principal in this category), to ca