Benchmarking Against Direct Competitors Creates the Risk of

question 15

Multiple Choice

Benchmarking against direct competitors creates the risk of

• A)creating products or services with identical specifications.
• B)becoming stagnant relative to process improvements.
• C)being taken over by the competitors to prevent a loss of ideas.
• D)all of the above.

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