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Bubble-Up, Inc., is a small manufacturer of educational toys for children under age 10. It has co-existed with three other competitors in the educational toy industry for over 20 years, each of them maintaining a stable market share. There is a widespread rumor that Mega-Toy, Inc., the market leader in the broad children's toy market, has decided to target educational toys. Which of the following statements is most likely true?
a. the owners of bubble-up are un-concerned about mega-toy's entry to the market because of the resource dis-similarity between the firms.
b. bubble-up's greater organizational slack will allow it to aggressively attack mega-toy.
c. bubble-up's smaller size may make it more flexible in introducing innovations than mega-toy.
d. competitive rivalry will not increase for bubble-up because mega-toy is not dependent on the educational toy market.

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