To Build a Competitive Advantage by Out-Managing Rivals in Performing

question 46

Multiple Choice

To build a competitive advantage by out-managing rivals in performing value chain activities, a company must

• A)position itself in the industry's more favorably situated strategic group.
• B)develop resource strengths that will enable it to pursue the industry's most attractive opportunities.
• C)develop core competencies and maybe a distinctive competence that rivals don't have or can't quite match and that are instrumental in helping it deliver attractive value to customers.
• D)outsource all of its value chain activities to world-class vendors and suppliers.
• E)eliminate its resource weaknesses.