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Certain regulatory changes (such as antitrust regulation and tax laws) create incentives or disincentives for diversification that:

Supply-chain management is an example of a support function of the organization

A major advantage of diversification is that overall monitoring costs are reduced because each separate business comes under the control of corporate headquarters

A firm using a(n) __________ strategy generally needs to operate “below the radar” of larger and more resource rich firms that serve the broader market.  

Monteleone Company pays large fees to a highly recognizable, prestigious individual to be the spokesperson for the company’s luxury private jets. Monteleone is probably following the:

Google’s diversification could lead the firm toward a related linked strategy and give the firm advantages in multipoint competition with competitors such as Facebook and Microsoft

Mercedes mass produces luxury vehicles at a premium price.  It uses a(n) __________ strategy.

Strategic alliances have become the cornerstone of many firms’ competitive strategy, particularly large global competitors

In general, strategic actions elicit fewer total competitive responses than do tactical actions

Mutual forbearance is a form of explicit collusion between firms in which competitors avoid attacking rivals they meet in multiple markets