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Given the contribution made on each of the three products in the following table and their position in the life cycle, identify a reasonable operations strategy foreach:
Given the contribution made on each of the three products
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Company Contribation Product Contribution (% of selling price) 30 (%: total annual contribition divided by tota Position in Product Kindle 2 Netbook annual sales) Life Cycle Growth 40 computer 30 50 Introduction Hand calculator 50 10 Decline

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