Company president: “Despite the wishes of the shareholders, I believe that expanding our company from just catering into a sit-down restaurant is not a wise move. Expanding into a restaurant would be costly and the restaurant industry is incredibly volatile. Furthermore, we already had plans to expand our already successful catering business into other geographic areas, and opening a restaurant would take funds away from those endeavors.”
If the president’s statement is true, which of the following is most strongly supported by it?