The risks of a focus strategy include:

Question $49$ options:

a$)$

a competitor's ability to use its core competencies to out$-$focus the focuser by serving an even more broadly defined segment.

b$)$

decisions by industry$-$wide competitors to use their resources to serve a wider range of customers' needs than the focuser has been serving.

c$)$

a competitor's ability to use its core competencies to out$-$focus the focuser by serving an even more narrowly defined segment.

d$)$

decisions by focused competitors to use their resources to serve a wider range of customers' needs.