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Strategies for
Growth Markets
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Exhibit 9.1
$ Sales Volume
Market Shares of the Leader and Followers over the Life Cycle of a
Hypothetical Market
Introduction
Growth
Early
Maturity
Maturity
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Exhibit 9.4
COMPETITOR
OR
POTENTIAL
COMPETITOR
Confrontation
strategy
Proactive
Reactive
Fortress
or position
defense
strategy
Contraction
or strategic
withdrawal
LEADER
Market
expansion
Source: Kotler and Achrol, 1981
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Exhibit 9.8
Guerrilla
attacks
TARGET
COMPETITOR
Frontal
attack
CHALLENGER
Encirclement strategy
Source: Kotler and Acrhol, 1981
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