Strategic Fit Between Two or More Businesses Exists When One

Strategic fit between two or more businesses exists when one or more activities comprising their respective value chains present opportunities:

A) to prevent the transfer expertise or technology or capabilities from one business to another.
B) to independently preserve common brand names from cross-business usage.
C) to increase costs by combining the performance of the related value chain activities of different businesses.
D) for cross-business collaboration to build valuable new resource strengths and competitive capabilities.
E) maintain business value chain activities separate and apart from one business to another to protect company independence.