and External Environments $($Chapters $3$ and $4)$

vVnicn rivals nave the strongest management team.

Which rivals have a strong incentive, along with the resources, to make major

strategic changes?

Question $19(2$ points$)$

Not all positions on a strategic group map are equally attractive because

across$-$group rivalry is strongest at the outer edges of the strategic group map.

key success factors are usually quite different for differently positioned industry

participants.

entry and exit barriers are different for each strategic group.

small strategic groups are always less profitable than large strategic groups.

industry driving forces and competitive pressures favor some companies or

groups and hurt others, and the profit potential of different strategic groups

varies because of strengths and weaknesses in each strategic group's position.

Question $20(2$ points$)$

Which of the following is not one of the five typical sources of competitive