Select the most appropriate stage of the life cycle for the situations below.
1. new yield-enhancing rice product with no direct competitors
2. tractor part that is not profitable due to heavy r

1) The new yield-enhancing rice product is at its introduction stage.

2) The tractor part is also at its introduction stage.

Explanation:

The introduction stage is the first stage of a product's life cycle, it follows product development. At this stage the product is just being released, therefore sales are slow, marketing expenses are high, and profits are scarce or nonexistent. The company will try to build awareness about the product through heavy advertising.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.