All of the following contribute to a firm's inability to meet customer needs EXCEPT:
A) inadequacy of upfront intelligence efforts.
B) failure on the part of the company to stick close to its core competencies.
C) inability to provide better value than competing products and technologies.
D) new product sales grow far more rapidly than sales of current products.

Question

All of the following contribute to a firm's inability to meet customer needs EXCEPT:
A) inadequacy of upfront intelligence efforts.
B) failure on the part of the company to stick close to its core competencies.
C) inability to provide better value than competing products and technologies.
D) new product sales grow far more rapidly than sales of current products.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The inability to satisfy customer needs can be attributed to three main sources: inadequacy of upfront intelligence efforts, failure on the part of the company to stick close to what the company does best, and the inability to provide better value than competing products and technologies. New product sales grow far more rapidly than sales of current products, potentially providing a large boost to a company's growth rate.

All of the Following Contribute to a Firm's Inability to Meet