In Doing SWOT Analysis and Trying to Identify a Company's

question 87

Multiple Choice

In doing SWOT analysis and trying to identify a company's market opportunities, which of the following is NOT an example of a potential market opportunity for a company?

• A) serving additional customer groups or market segments
• B) growing buyer preferences for substitutes for the industry's product
• C) acquiring rival firms or companies with attractive technological expertise or capabilities
• D) expanding into new geographic markets
• E) demographic trends that favor increased repeat purchases and/or higher volume purchases of the company's product

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Definitions:

Product P9

A specific product or item identified as "P9," which could refer to a model or version in its respective context.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to individual units of production, based on a particular activity base.

Traditional Costing

A costing method that allocates overhead based on a predetermined rate, often linked to a single cost driver such as labor hours.

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the time workers spend on specific tasks or products in the production process, often used as a basis for applying overhead costs in job costing.