Maverick Systems Inc

question 31

Multiple Choice

Maverick Systems Inc.is a leading company in the mobile phone market,and profits from its mobile phones are very high.Maverick Systems has developed a new generation of smartphones,which is better than its existing line of smartphones,and has decided to embrace cannibalization of its existing line of smartphones.This means that the company is going to:

• A) introduce the new technology right away and increase its market lead while taking away profits from its existing line of smartphones.
• B) delay introduction of the next generation product until profits have begun to significantly decrease for the existing line of smartphones.
• C) use up most of its financial resources in promoting the new phone.
• D) wait for the existing line of smartphones to become obsolete and then introduce the new generation of smartphones into the market.

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