1. firms pursuing a cost-leadership strategy seek to
2. there exist important trade-offs between value creation and low cost because value creation and cost tend to be

1. gain a higher market share.

2. inversely proportional to each other.

Explanation:

1. By producing a product at a lower price than the competitors a company will be at an advantage and will be providing same product at a lower price. The customer will definitely go with a low price item if two items are same in value.

2. As value creation requires cost so if the cost is reduced then some of the features will have to be foregone to achieve low cost.

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