Porter Recommends That a Division with Tight Cost Control, Frequent

question 12

Multiple Choice

Porter recommends that a division with tight cost control, frequent detailed control reports, a well structured organization, and quantitatively based incentives is required for which of the following generic competitive strategies?

• A) focus
• B) differentiation
• C) cost leadership
• D) focus differentiation
• E) concentration

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Information-Age Workers

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Persuasion

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