The Options for Remedying a Supplier-Related Cost Disadvantage Include

question 115

Multiple Choice

The options for remedying a supplier-related cost disadvantage include

• A) trying to negotiate more favorable prices with suppliers and switching to lower priced substitute inputs.
• B) forward vertical integration.
• C) shifting into the production of substitute products.
• D) shifting from a low-cost leadership strategy to a differentiation or focus strategy.
• E) cutting selling prices and trying to win a bigger market share.

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