Cost leadership is most appropriate when a. industry rivalry is high and customers are very sensitive to prices. b. product innovation is the key competitive factor. c. customers have very different needs and uses for the industry's products. d. economies of scale are relatively unimportant in manufacturing products. e. the power of buyers is low and barriers to entry are high.

e. the power of buyers is low and barriers to entry are high.

Explanation:

The cost leadership is the establishing a competitive advantage by having the lowest cost of operations and cost leadership is often driven by the company efficiency in size and sales. And the cumulative expand has a well-defined scope and the economies have chosen strategist and consists of the simultaneous cost leaderships example as Walmart and is different from the price leadership.

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?