Which of the Following Statements Is True About Strategic Groups

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about strategic groups?

• A)They identify allies in business groups.
• B)The firms within each group are unlikely to target the same customer segment.
• C)The firms within each group compete in similar ways.
• D)They exclude rivals who share a similar business model.

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Definitions:

Statute of Frauds

A legal principle requiring certain types of contracts to be in writing and signed by the party to be charged, to prevent fraud and perjury in contractual dealings.

Delegation

A contracting party’s (a delegator’s) transfer of his or her duty to perform to a third party who is not part of the original contract (a delegatee).

Parol Evidence Rule

A common law rule that states that oral evidence of an agreement made prior to or contemporaneously with a written agreement is inadmissible when the parties intend the written agreement to be the complete and final version of their agreement.

Parol

Relating to or given by word of mouth; not in writing or formalized in documents.