Each of the following is likely to help a company's low-cost provider strategy succeed EXCEPT
A) resources and capabilities to keep costs below those of its competitors.
B) cost-effective management of value chain activities better than rivals.
C) effective leveraging of cost drivers.
D) having the innovative capability to bypass certain value chain activities being performed by rivals.
E) capabilities to simultaneously deliver lower cost and higher-quality/differentiated features.

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The capabilities to simultaneously deliver lower cost and higher-quality/differentiated features would support a differentiation strategy rather than a low-cost provider strategy, which focuses solely on keeping costs lower than its rivals.

Each of the Following Is Likely to Help a Company's