Which one of the following is not something that can be gleaned from identifying a company's resource strengths,resource weaknesses,market opportunities,and external threats?
A) How to improve a company's strategy by using company strengths and capabilities as cornerstones for its strategy
B) Which market opportunities are best suited to a company's strengths and capabilities
C) Which resource weaknesses and deficiencies need to be corrected so as to better enable the pursuit of important market opportunities and to better defend against certain external threats
D) How to turn a core competence into a distinctive competence
E) Whether any of the company's resource strengths can be used to help lessen the impact of external threats

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The identification of resource strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats can help determine how to improve a company's strategy by utilizing its strengths and capabilities as cornerstones for its strategy (A), which market opportunities are best suited to a company's strengths and capabilities (B), which resource weaknesses and deficiencies need to be corrected to pursue important market opportunities and defend against external threats (C), and how to use resource strengths to mitigate the impact of external threats (E). The only option that is not directly related to identifying these factors is D, which focuses on how to turn a core competence into a distinctive competence.

Which One of the Following Is Not Something That Can