Question

Which of the following combinations of actions will likely provide the greatest assistance in helping a company achieve a differentiation-based competitive advantage over some/many of its rivals? Delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 2 weeks in all four geographic regions, spending above-average amounts for search engine advertising in all four geographic regions, offering a mail-in rebate of $6 in each geographic region, and charging prices for branded footwear that are $5 below the industry-high in both the Internet and Wholesale segments in all four geographic regions O Compensating production workers at levels that are above the industry average in all regions where the company has production facilities, achieving the lowest reject rates of any company in those regions where it has production facilities, selling branded footwear with a 6-star rating in all four geographic regions, and offering 250 models/styles in all four geographic regions Using 70% superior materials to produce branded footwear at all of the company's production facilities, spending above-average amounts on brand advertising in all four geographic regions, offering free shipping to online buyers in 3 geographic regions, and delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 1 week Raising worker base pay by 10% or more each year at all of the company's production facilities, charging prices for branded footwear that are $2 below the industry average in both the Internet and Wholesale segments in all four geographic regions, spending $3,000 per worker on best practices training at each production facility, and having the largest production capacity of any company in the industry Achieving and maintaining a celebrity appeal rating of 190 or higher in all four geographic regions, selling branded footwear with a 7.3-star or higher S/Q rating in all four geographic regions, and offering 500 models/styles to buyers in all four geographic regions

Answer 1

1. A company may achieve differentiation based by providing wide variety of goods at a very good quality which is far better than ots rivals.
2. By doing the above a company can overrun it's competitors and achieve differentiation based competitive advantage.
3. Out of the given options differentiation can be achieved by following option-2 that is by achieving industry low reject rates, whereas customers will be satisfied a lot, and maintaining good quality of 6 star rating and providing around 250 varities.