Campbell is the world's largest soup company, commanding about 80% of the U.S. canned soup market. However, the company has a presence in only 6% of the world's soup markets. Russians eat 32 billion servings of soup each year, and the Chinese consume 300 billion! By contrast, Americans eat 15 billion servings each year. Sensing a huge opportunity, Campbell has dispatched teams to observe Russian and Chines habits. This type of interpretation and decision is based on:
A) demand pattern analysis.
B) income elastic analysis.
C) time series displacement.
D) polycentrism.
E) comparative analysis.
Answer: E) comparative analysis.