A Company's Strategy Is Increasingly Effective the More It Can

Multiple Choice

A company's strategy is increasingly effective the more it can match the company strategy to competitive conditions, so the firm can

A) pursue avenues that expose the firm to as many of the different competitive pressures as possible.
B) shift the competitive battle in favor of the firm by altering the underlying factors driving the five forces.
C) pursue ways to identify and complement the five forces' contradictions and inferences to attract competitive growth opportunities.
D) pursue avenues that promote strategic thinking about how to contest competitor strengths and weaknesses and to create a checklist of potential profitability preferences.
E) shift societal concerns, attitudes, and lifestyles by altering the pattern of competition.