If Microsoft Announces Plans for a New-Product Development, Smaller Firms

question 30

Multiple Choice

If Microsoft announces plans for a new-product development, smaller firms may choose to concentrate their development efforts in other directions to avoid head-to-head competition. In this example, Microsoft is employing a ________ strategy.

• A) preemptive defense
• B) counteroffensive defense
• C) mobile defense
• D) flank defense
• E) contraction defense

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