3. What are the specific risks associated with using each business-level strategy? (cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation, and integrated cost leadership/differentiation)
Cost leadership strategy: minimal investment in technology may cause process obsolescence; firm misses change in customers’ needs due to cost-only focus competitors imitate strategy
Differentiation strategy: customers decide price deferential between low cost producer and differentiator’s is too large; too many features offered; product’s means of differentiation no longer provides value to customers; customer learning may change their perception of the value of differentiation; counterfeit products displace the firm’s offerings
Focus strategy: competitor “out focuses” the focuser by defining a narrower segment; a firm competing on an industry-wide basis may decide that the segment served by the focus strategy firm is attractive and decides to pursue that segment; the needs of customers within the narrow segment may become more similar to all customers in the market, reducing or eliminating the advantages of a focus strategy
Integrated cost leadership differentiation strategy: product features not sufficiently valued by customers, product is not sufficiently differentiated; product is too expensive to compete with low-cost leader’s products
3. What are the specific risks associated with using each business-level strategy? (cost leadership, differentiation, focused...
What type of business-level strategy involves lower cost for competitive advantage with a narrow target or niche market as competitive scope? Focused differentiation Cost leadership Focused cost leadership Integrated cost leadership/differentiation
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