Factors That Cause the Rivalry Among Competing Sellers to Be

question 15

Multiple Choice

Factors that cause the rivalry among competing sellers to be weaker include:

• A) low buyer switching costs and rival sellers that are relatively equal in size and capability.
• B) rapid growth in buyer demand and high buyer switching costs.
• C) few industry rivals,causing any one company's actions to be easily anticipated and countered by its rivals.
• D) low barriers to entry and weakly differentiated products among rival sellers.
• E) slow growth in buyer demand and strongly differentiated products.

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