To Help a Firm Achieve a Competitive Advantage, Each Distinct

question 96

Multiple Choice

To help a firm achieve a competitive advantage, each distinct activity performed in the value chain needs to

• A) contribute to the firm's strategic position as either low-cost leader or differentiator.
• B) reduce the immobility and the heterogeneity of the firm's resources.
• C) create a static fit between the company's internal resources and the external environment.
• D) reduce the causal ambiguity and the social complexity of the firm's source of success.

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