If a company wants to gain a competitive advantage in a highly competitive industry, it should ideallyGroup of answer choicesexecute an integrated cost-leadership and differentiation position. stake out a unique position within the industry. provide goods or services similar to its competitors at higher prices. copy the strategies of other firms through competitive benchmarking.

China's new 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, reflecting concerns about deforestation, has been praised by environmentalists. the move is hitting hard at the japanese, who consume 25 billion set of wooden chopsticks annually. almost all of the chopsticks used in japan come from china. the reuirements for chinese manufacturers of wooden chopsticks to pay the 5 percent tax is a factor in their external environment.