Calculating Quantitative Industry Attractiveness Scores for Each Industry a Company

Multiple Choice

Calculating quantitative industry attractiveness scores for each industry a company has diversified into

A) permits a ranking of the attractiveness of the various industry value chains,from best to worst.
B) provides a basis for drawing analysis-based conclusions about the attractiveness of the industries a company has diversified into,both individually and as a group,and further to provide an indication of which industries offer the best and worst long-term prospects.
C) helps ascertain which industries have the easiest-to-achieve key success factors and strategic fits.
D) ignores seasonal and cyclical factors,industry profitability,and whether an industry has significant social,political,regulatory,and environmental problems.
E) enables managers to get in position to rank the industries from most competitive to least competitive