Factors That Tend to Result in Weak Rivalry Among Competing

Multiple Choice

Factors that tend to result in weak rivalry among competing sellers include:

A) less costly buyer switching costs and when low exit-barriers exist keep unprofitable firms from leaving the industry.
B) rapid growth in buyer demand,high buyer costs to switch brands,and more strongly differentiated products.
C) less strongly differentiated products among rival sellers.
D) rivals that are quite diverse in terms of their strategies,objectives,and countries of origin.
E) conditions where outsiders have recently acquired weak competitors and are challenged in migrating them into major contenders.