When BellSouth made plans to increase its presence in the lucrative Latin American market,some of its employees decided BellSouth needed to acquire the rest of Telefonia Cellular de Nicaragua,one of its subsidiaries in Latin America.To do so,they paid a substantial sum to the wife of a Nicaraguan legislator who was responsible for legal changes that were needed to allow Telefonia to become completely owned by BellSouth.This payment was in direct violation of U.S.law,and BellSouth had to pay a hefty fine and divest itself of its illegal acquisition.In which phase of the strategic marketing process did the BellSouth strategy fail?
A)the goal-setting phase
B)the implementation phase
C)the control phase
D)the strategic development phase

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The BellSouth strategy failed in the implementation phase because the employees took illegal actions to acquire the subsidiary, which violated U.S. law and resulted in a hefty fine and divestment.

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