Procter & Gamble Introduced Its Ready-To-Spread Frosting in a Small

question 32

Multiple Choice

Procter & Gamble introduced its ready-to-spread frosting in a small geographic area.When General Foods became aware of the product,it rushed to market its own Betty Crocker ready-to-spread frosting across the whole country.General Foods was able to enter the ________ stage of the new-product development process before Procter & Gamble could.

• A)concept testing
• B)business analysis
• C)commercialisation
• D)idea generation
• E)product concept development

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