For all types of generic strategies, a company's success in sustaining its competitive edge depends on
A)its market and competitive environment, a defensible niche, and a homogeneous strategic group.
B)establishing a central theme for how the company will endeavor to outcompete its rivals and engage complementors with cooperative strategies.
C)having resources and capabilities that rivals have trouble duplicating and for which there are no good substitutes.
D)defining its differences in terms of product line, production emphasis, location, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.
E)defining its differences in terms of marketing emphasis, strategic group intracompetition, and the means of maintaining strategy.

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The sustainability of a company's competitive edge depends on having unique resources and capabilities that cannot be easily replicated or substituted by rivals in the market. This is applicable to all types of generic strategies and is critical for a company to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in its industry. Options A, B, D, and E may have some relevance, but they are not the primary factor that determines a company's sustaining competitive edge.

For All Types of Generic Strategies, a Company's Success in Sustaining