How Do Marketers in a Competitive Environment Work to Extend

question 55

Multiple Choice

How do marketers in a competitive environment work to extend the profitable period of a product's life cycle?

• A) by slowing down the rate of diffusion
• B) by emphasizing discontinuous innovation
• C) by temporarily removing the product from the market, then reintroducing it at a later date
• D) by finding new uses for the product and changing the product

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