A strategy to be the industry's overall low-cost provider tends to be more appealing than a differentiation or best-cost or focus/market niche strategy when
a. there are many ways to achieve product differentiation that buyers find appealing.
b. buyers use the product in a variety of different ways and have high switching costs in changing from one seller's product to another.
c. the offerings of rival firms are essentially identical, standardized, commodity-like products.
d. entry barriers are high and competition from substitutes is relatively weak.
e. the market is composed of many distinct segments with varying buyer needs and expectations.

Marco works in the marketing department of a luxury fashion brand. he is making a presentation on the success of a recent marketing campaign that included a fashion show. which slide elements can he use to include photographs and footage of the fashion show in his presentation? marco can use the: table images audio option to include photographs and the: flowcharts images video option to include footage of the fashion show.

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided