Which of the Following Statements About the Competitive Environment Is

question 349

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the competitive environment is FALSE?

• A) Competition-free environments are rare.
• B) Marketing managers should choose strategies that avoid head-on competition.
• C) A firm that has a marketing mix that its target market sees as better than its competitors' has a competitive advantage.
• D) Over the long run, most product-markets tend toward monopolistic competition.
• E) In a competitor analysis, the firm's first step should be to identify all potential competitors.

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Definitions:

Note Payable

An obligation in writing that promises to pay a specified sum of money at a determined future date or on demand.

Capital Balances

The amount of money that owners have invested in a company plus any retained earnings or losses.

Net Income

The total profit of a business after all expenses and taxes have been deducted from total revenue.

Closing the Revenue

The process of transferring the balances from the revenue accounts to permanent accounts at the end of an accounting period.