are companies using an adaptive strategy that seeks to minimize risk and maximize profits by following or imitating the proven successes of companies that seek fast growth by searching for new market opportunities, encouraging risk taking, and being the first to bring innovative new products to market.

Analyzers

Explanation:

In Business management, a strategy can be defined as a set of guiding principles, actions and decisions that an organization combines so as to achieve its business goals, attract customers and possess a competitive advantage over its rivals in the industry.

Typically, to formulate strategies that are well aligned with the mission of an organization or business firm, some of the activities that needs to be performed includes the following;

1. Knowing your core competencies.

2. Assessment of the organization's internal strengths and weaknesses.

3. Examination of the organization's external environment.

4. Analyze your competitors.

Analyzers are companies that uses an adaptive strategy that would help them to minimize (mitigate) risk while maximizing their profits by following or imitating the proven successes of prospective companies that are focused on fast growth and development; through a thorough search for new opportunities in the market, encouraging risk taking and being a pace setter such as being the first to introduce innovative new products to market.

Additionally, the opposite of the analyzers are reactors who do not adopt a consistent adaptive strategy but only react to changes in their external environment such as markets, customers, rivals, etc., after they have occured.

1. c

2. b

3. a

4. c

5. a

6. b

7. c

8. c

9.b

10. d

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