Consider the following three companies and their strategies. •Company A is an established database management company that acquires a well-reputed but small publishing house to enter the booming publishing industry.
•Company B, a sports management house, declared bankruptcy during a recent recession but now has created a television network that airs regional sports events.
•Company C, a package delivery business, is a startup based on delivery efficiency models created by a few students, and delivers almost all kinds of packages.
The use of strategies by these three companies accurately can be analyzed by saying that
A)Company B employs an emergent strategy, whereas companies A and C employ deliberate strategies.
B)All three companies employ deliberate strategies.
C)All three companies employ emergent strategies.
D)Company C employs a deliberate strategy; companies A and B employ emergent strategy.
E)companies A and C employ emergent strategies; company B employs a deliberate strategy.

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All three companies have deliberate strategies. Company A deliberately acquired a publishing house to enter the publishing industry, Company B deliberately created a television network in response to bankruptcy, and Company C deliberately started a package delivery business based on its efficiency models. None of the companies' strategies appear to be emergent, as they were all intentional and planned.

Consider the Following Three Companies and Their Strategies