Is the Primary Disadvantage of Employing a Product Specialization Strategy

question 152

Multiple Choice

is the primary disadvantage of employing a product specialization strategy?

• A) The organization may be spread too thin.
• B) The organization achieves neither marketing nor manufacturing synergies.
• C) R&D-manufacturing has the difficulty of producing multiple new lines.
• D) There are too many product substitutes over which a firm would not have control.
• E) Gaining market distribution will be costly.

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