A Seldom Used Strategic Approach to Setting a Company Apart

question 38

Multiple Choice

A seldom used strategic approach to setting a company apart from rivals and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage is

• A)striving to be the industry's low-cost provider, thereby aiming for a cost-based competitive advantage.
• B)outcompeting rivals on the basis of such differentiating features as higher quality, wider product selection, added performance, better service, more attractive styling, or technological superiority.
• C)developing competitively valuable resources and capabilities that rivals cannot easily match, copy, or trump with capabilities of their own.
• D)focusing on a narrow market niche and winning a competitive edge by doing a better job than rivals of serving the special needs and tastes of buyers comprising the niche.
• E)copying the attributes of a popular product or service.

Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of inventory management through specific metrics.

Understand the impact of natural disasters or errors on the need for inventory estimation methods.

Grasp the concept of net realizable value and its application in inventory valuation.

Understand the various cost flow assumptions and their applications in inventory valuation.

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