ABC International carefully watches the actions of its most innovative competitor and learns from them. ABC can establish a low-cost position by:
A. Learning from the leader thereby avoiding the costs and risks of technology leadershipB. Mass-producing products that have an established market niche
C. Making subtle changes to the product, thereby avoiding patent restrictions
D. Producing an imitation of the new technology that utilizes lower-quality and lower-cost materials
E. Technology followers are not successful at low-cost strategies
BUS 475
- Although the U.S. has had a longstanding agreement with _____ after the passage of NAFTA, _____ became the United States’ second largest trading partner.
- One study found that manufacturing labour costs about _____ an hour in China, compared to _____ dollars in the United States.
- Which country does the text describe as becoming the largest producer and consumer of many of the world’s goods?
- Which social responsibility theory has been advocated by Novel Prizewinning economist Milton Friedman?
- An agent’s obligation to perform in accordance with the terms of the agency arrangement is the agent’s duty of:
- Which of the following is true about “proof of claims?”
- Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship of law and ethics?
- An agent’s duty of notification can best be described as a duty to:
- Which of the following is correct about litigating commercial disputes?
- The tort of palming off involves:
- The tort of intentional interference with contractual relations requires the following except:
- To be guilty of monopolization, the defendant must:
- Which of the following is correct about interpretive rules?
- The managerial process of developing and maintaining a match between the resources of an organization and its market opportunities is called:
- The three basic tasks of ALL managers, according to the text, are:
- An Australian wine producer, facing declining sales at home, set up a new channel of distribution to sell wine in the United States. This seems to be an effort at:
- Regarding organizational buying, the people who have the power to select or approve the supplier–especially for larger purchases–are called:
- In comparison to the buying of final consumers, the purchasing of organizational buyers:
- is a marketing management aid which refers to how customers think about proposed and/or present brands in a market.
- The economists’ view of buyers:
- The managerial process of developing and maintaining a match between the resources of an organization and its market opportunities is called:
- The “four Ps” of a marketing mix are:
- Clustering techniques applied to segmenting markets
- A firm’s “marketing mix” decision areas would NOT include:
- The statement, “Of course people will buy our product–each of its features is better than the competition,” most closely reflects which consumer behavior concept?