Question

The primary objective of deploying a defensive strategy is to:

A. lower the risk of being attacked, to hedge all financial transactions, and to pressure challengers to aim their efforts at other rivals.
B. weaken the impact of any attack that occurs, to increase capital reserves, and to deploy resources efficiently.
C. pressure challengers to aim their efforts at other rivals, to hedge all financial transactions, and to increase capital reserves.
D. help protect a competitive advantage, to deploy competitive assets, and to build a sustainable competitive advantage.
E. lower the risk of being attacked, to weaken the impact of any attack that occurs, and to influence challengers to aim their efforts at other rivals.

Answer 1

"D"

Step-by-step explanation:

Defensive strategy is a management style that strategically helps in holding on to the advantageous position of being a market leader and give no chance for competitors to have a way.

It makes use of other sub strategies like position defense , flanking defense ,mobile defense , counter-offensive defense and contraction defense.

Its main aim , looking at all these strategies is to protect a competitive advantage , deploy competitive assets and build a sustainable competitive advantage.

Answer 2

E. Lower the risk of being attacked, to weaken the impact of any attack that occurs, and to influence challengers to aim their efforts at other rivals.