Actions that a company should take to perform value chain activities more cost-effectively ordinarily will not be concerned with
A. striving to capture all available economies of scale and taking advantage of experience and learning-curve effects.
B. adopting labor-saving operating methods.
C. trying to operate facilities at full capacity.
D. improving supply chain efficiency.
E. over-differentiating so that product features exceed the needs of most buyers.
Answer: E
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