With respect to the text’s advice in conducting a SWOT analysis, which of the following best describes “Look for Causes, Not Characteristics”?

Channel strategy should guide channel design so as to help the firm attain:

Which company in the text advertised in a trade magazine offering a “Category Management Partner” program as an inducement to potential channel members?

According to the textbook, competitive advantage (strategies) may primarily rely on all of the following EXCEPT:

According to the text, the most basic variable affecting channel design is:

Other economic issues of concern to channel members include all of the following except:

All other factors being equal, in general there is __________ between the degree of standardization of products and channel length.

Economic concentration in many kinds of retail businesses is:

_________  _________ is a four-cell array used to categorize information at the conclusion of a SWOT analysis.

In the context of marketing ethics, some businesspeople choose to behave ethically because of “enlightened self-interest.” What does this mean?