Once a Company Has Decided to Employ One of the Five

Multiple Choice

Once a company has decided to employ one of the five basic competitive strategies,then it must also consider such additional strategic choices as

A) whether and when to go on the offensive and initiate aggressive strategic moves to improve the company's market position.
B) whether to bolster the company's market position by merging with or acquiring another company.
C) whether to form strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships to add to its accumulation of resources and competitive capabilities.
D) whether to integrate forward or backward into more stages of the industry value chain.
E) All of these choices are correct.