Imagine That You Have Been Asked to Apply the Industrial

question 44

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have been asked to apply the industrial organization (I/O) model to explain why a firm is performing poorly. What is the most likely explanation for the firm's poor performance according to this model?

• A) Lack of core or distinctive competencies
• B) Inability to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage
• C) Failure to carefully examine opportunities and threats in the external environment
• D) All of these

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