The Pioneer Advantage Does Not Always Ensure Success in the Marketplace.All

question 63

Multiple Choice

The pioneer advantage does not always ensure success in the marketplace.All of the following are reasons cited by the text that a market pioneer's product might not be successful EXCEPT ________.

• A) the new product was too crude
• B) the new product was improperly positioned
• C) the new product appeared when there was strong demand
• D) the product-development costs exhausted the innovator's resources
• E) managerial incompetence

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