__________ Is Particularly Useful in Competitor Analysis Because the Company

question 48

Multiple Choice

__________ is particularly useful in competitor analysis because the company can evaluate competitor business processes in an effort to learn how to do things better or to exploit competitor weakness if the company identifies areas where it outperforms the competitor.

• A) Benchmarking
• B) Decision making
• C) Critical analysis
• D) Differentiation orientation
• E) Competitive analysis

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A technique in education where the potency of an action is transformed by the use of encouragements or punishments.

Classical Conditioning

A behavioral conditioning process where the continual pairing of two stimuli results in the first stimulus eventually eliciting a reaction initially brought about by the second stimulus.

Fixed-interval

In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed.

Variable-ratio

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, enhancing the robustness of the behavior.