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Evaluating whether the outlook for an industry presents a company with good prospects for attractive profitability and growth usually does not involve a consideration of which of the following factors?

The industry's growth potential and how well the company's strategy, product offering, and capabilities stack up against industry KSFs

An assessment of the degrees of business risk and uncertainty in the industry's future

Whether and to what degree the industry's future profitability will be favorably or unfavorably affected by the industry's driving forces

Whether the products of industry members are strongly or weakly differentiated and what percentage of the companies in the industry have lost money in one or more of the past five years

intensify and squeeze industry profitability to subs$-$most particularly whether competitive forces seem likely to good profits despite the expected strength of competitive forces

Copying, redistributing

What makes the marketplace a competitive battlefield is

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the ongoing race among rival sellers to add new and improved product features so as to have the highest quality product in the industry.

the ongoing jockeying and maneuvering among rivals to cut costs, charge the lowest price in the industry, steal customers away from rivals, and drive their weakest rivals out of business.

the race among industry members to see who can employ the most powerful strategic offensive, take sales and market share away from rivals, and drive one or more rivals out of business.

the constant jockeying of industry members to deploy whatever means in their business arsenals they believe will attract and retain buyers, enhance their competitive strength vis$-$a$-$vis rivals, and yield the best profitability.

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$q,$ faster rate than their rivals.