Which of the following is a disadvantage of acquiring a new technology by purchasing the company that owns the technology? a. developing technology becomes time consuming. b. it makes the purchasing firm highly dependent on its internal development capabilities. c. the purchasing company will not own or control the unique technology. d. acquiring the company can be expensive. e. the process requires more staff than internal development.

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position