Identifying the Primary and Secondary Activities That Comprise a Company's

question 58

Multiple Choice

Identifying the primary and secondary activities that comprise a company's value chain

• A)indicates whether a company's resource strengths will ultimately translate into greater value for shareholders.
• B)reveals whether a company's resource strengths are well-matched to the industry's key success factors.
• C)is the first step in understanding a company's cost structure (since each activity in the value chain gives rise to costs).
• D)is called benchmarking.
• E)is called resource value analysis.

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