An Important Concern for All Companies in Competitive Markets Is

question 17

Multiple Choice

An important concern for all companies in competitive markets is to access competitors' costs. It is clear that competitors will not willingly supply cost data and thus other sources need to be explored. Which of the following may be used to identify competitors' costs?

• A) Publicly available data such as sales volume, market share and product mix
• B) Industry databases
• C) Company reports and analyses from stockbrokers
• D) All of the given answers

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