Calculating Quantitative Industry Attractiveness Scores for Each Industry a Company

question 20

Multiple Choice

Calculating quantitative industry attractiveness scores for each industry a company has diversified into

• A)permits a ranking of the attractiveness of the various industry value chains,from best to worst.
• B)provides a basis for drawing analysis-based conclusions about the attractiveness of the industries a company has diversified into,both individually and as a group,and further to provide an indication of which industries offer the best and worst long-term prospects.
• C)helps ascertain which industries have the easiest-to-achieve key success factors and strategic fits.
• D)ignores seasonal and cyclical factors,industry profitability,and whether an industry has significant social,political,regulatory,and environmental problems.
• E)enables managers to get in position to rank the industries from most competitive to least competitive

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