Outsourcing strategies can offer such advantages as:
A. increasing a company's ability to strongly differentiate its product and be successful with either a broad differentiation strategy or a focused differentiation strategy.
B. obtaining higher quality and/or cheaper components or services, improving a company's ability to innovate, and reducing its risk exposure.
C. speeding a company's entry into foreign markets.
D. permitting greater use of strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships.
E. giving a firm more direct control over the costs of value chain activities.
Answer: obtaining higher quality and/or cheaper components or services, improving a company's ability to innovate, and reducing its risk exposure.