Whether Buyer Bargaining Power Poses a Strong or Weak Source

Whether buyer bargaining power poses a strong or weak source of competitive pressure on industry members depends in part on

A) whether most buyers possess roughly equal or varying degrees of bargaining power and leverage.
B) how many buyers are engaged in collaborative partnerships with sellers.
C) whether entry barriers are high or low and the size of the pool of likely entry candidates.
D) whether the overall quality of the items being furnished by industry members is rising or falling.
E) whether demand-supply conditions represent a buyer's market or a seller's market.