Scenario B. Paul and his wife are investigating the possibility of starting a new restaurant in Beaufort, a small town in the South Carolina low country. It has been Paul's lifelong dream. Paul has won a lottery and is trying to decide if this is what he wants to do with the prize money. He decides to do an analysis of the competitive environment. After his analysis, he discovers several important issues. First, it will cost most of Paul's lottery winnings to finance a restaurant in Beaufort. Second, it will be difficult to attract new customers because they have so many eating choices available to them in Beaufort and the surrounding towns. Finally, the competition in the restaurant industry is considered fierce by industry analysts and this is frightening to someone, like Paul, who has
never worked in that industry.The information that Paul has collected in his competitive analysis can be referred to as
A. mission statement.
B. corporate espionage.
C. domain selection.
D. strategic vision.
E. competitive intelligence.
Answer: E
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