Crafting a deliberate strategy involves developing strategy elements that

A$.$ imitate as much of the market leader's strategy as possible so as not to end up at a competitive disadvantage.

B$.$ consist of a blend of proactive new planned initiatives plus ongoing strategy elements continued from prior periods.

C$.$ consist of adaptive change plans to new market situations along with abandoned, redundant ongoing elements.

D$.$ comprise a five$-$year strategic plan that is then fine$-$tuned during the remainder of the plan period; big changes in strategy are thus made only once every five years.

E$.$ deliberately eliminate the ongoing strategic elements and implement new planned initiatives.

A

B

C

D

E