Outsourcing strategies can offer such advantages as

Select one:

a. increasing a company's ability to strongly differentiate its product and be successful with either a broad differentiation strategy or a focused differentiation strategy.

b. obtaining higher quality and/or cheaper components or services, improving a company's ability to innovate, and reducing its risk exposure.

c. speeding a company's entry into foreign markets.

d. permitting greater use of strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships.

e. giving a firm more direct control over the costs of value chain activities.