According to D'Aveni

question 56

Multiple Choice

According to D'Aveni

• A) except for a few stable industries, strategy initiatives do not provide sustainable competitive advantage.
• B) hypercompetition is rare.
• C) it is enough to gain competitive advantage by being the lowest cost competitor.
• D) the theory of hypercompetition is not supported by any research.
• E) the American home appliance industry was immune to hypercompetition.

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Definitions:

Longitudinal Study

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over short or long periods of time.

Cross-Sectional Study

A study that analyzes data from a population at a specific point in time.

Case-Control Study

A type of observational study that compares individuals with a specific condition or disease (cases) to others who do not have the condition (controls), looking for factors that may contribute to the disease.

Longitudinal Study

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables over short or long periods of time to detect patterns, trends, or changes.