The Collective Impact of the Five Competitive Forces on Competitive

Multiple Choice

The collective impact of the five competitive forces on competitive pressures tends to

A) strengthen the industry's driving forces.
B) lower the combined profitability of industry members.
C) make it difficult to achieve a competitive advantage via anything other than being the industry's low-cost leader.
D) increase the opportunities for industry incumbents to attain a competitive advantage.
E) raise the number of industry key success factors.