It Is Normal for a Company's Strategy to End Up

question 12

Multiple Choice

It is normal for a company's strategy to end up being

• A)a blend of offensive actions on the part of managers to improve the company's profitability and defensive moves to counteract changing market conditions.
• B)a combination of conservative moves to protect the company's market share and somewhat more risky initiatives to set the company's product offering apart from rivals.
• C)a close imitation of the strategy employed by the recognized industry leader.
• D)a blend of proactive actions to improve the company's competitiveness and financial performance, and adaptive reactions to unanticipated developments and fresh market conditions.
• E)more a product of clever entrepreneurship than of efforts to clearly set a company's product/service offering apart from the offerings of rivals.

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