If you determine that your company does not have a competitive advantage through financial statement ratio analysis (that is, your company has more weaknesses than strengths) and you also conducted Porter's five force analysis to determine that there are threats in the market, which strategic choice would you recommend for your company?

If you determine that your company does not have a competitive advantage through financial statement ratio analysis (that is, your company has more weaknesses than strengths) and you also conducted Porter's five force analysis to determine that there are threats in the market, which strategic choice would you recommend for your company?

Marketing

20th Edition

ISBN:9780357033791

Author:Pride, William M

Publisher:Pride, William M

Chapter2: Planning, Implementing, And Evaluating Marketing Strategies

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