For all types of generic strategies, a company's success in sustaining its competitive edge depends on
A. defining its differences in terms of product line, production emphasis, location, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.
B. establishing a central theme for how the company will endeavor to outcompete its rivals and engage complementors with cooperative strategies.
C. defining its differences in terms of marketing emphasis, strategic group intracompetition, and the means of maintaining strategy.
D. its market and competitive environment, a defensible niche, and a homogeneous strategic group.
E. having resources and capabilities that rivals have trouble duplicating and for which there are no good substitutes.
Answer: E
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