Relying on Outsiders to Perform Certain Value Chain Activities Offers

Multiple Choice

Relying on outsiders to perform certain value chain activities offers such strategic advantages as

A) ensuring more costly components or services.
B) improving the company's inability to innovate by allying with "best-in-class" suppliers.
C) reducing the company's risk exposure to changing technology and/or changing buyer preferences.
D) increasing the firm's inability to assemble diverse kinds of expertise speedily and efficiently.
E) reducing its information technology and operational costs so that organizational flexibility is maintained.