A Company's Biggest Vulnerability in Employing a Best-Cost Provider Strategy

question 14

Multiple Choice

A company's biggest vulnerability in employing a best-cost provider strategy is

• A) relying too heavily on outsourcing.
• B) getting squeezed between the strategies of firms employing low-cost provider strategies and high-end differentiation strategies.
• C) getting trapped in a price war with low-cost leaders.
• D) being timid in cutting its prices far enough below high-end differentiators to win away many of their customers.
• E) not having a sustainable distinctive competence in cost reduction.

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Definitions:

Relationship Building

The process of developing and maintaining connections, rapport, and mutual understanding with others, often considered essential in personal and professional settings.

Episodic Assumption

An assumption that specific events or episodes will occur in a certain way based on past occurrences or patterns.

Choice of Strategy

The selection of a specific course of action or approach to achieve a desired goal or outcome.

Substantive Interests

These are the core concerns, needs, or desires that individuals or groups seek to achieve through negotiation or conflict resolution.