Answer:
It will be more profitable to vertically integrate because the company will be able to further reduce its costs.
Explanation:
Profit = Sales - Cost
The lower the cost, the higher the profit (if sales remains the same).
A Vertical integration strategy requires a company to <u>own or control its suppliers (backward integration) or its distributors or retailers (forward integration)</u>, and therefore, gain more control over its value chain.
<em>If the U.S. automobile company chooses to vertically integrate into the car retailing business in countries where it sells most of its cars, then it would cut out certain costs, such as the cost of contracting with independent car dealers, which would further improve profitability.</em>
Also, such forward integration into retailing means the company will develop processes along its value chain that will increase the efficiency of its operations.
Debit Advertising expense $400, credit accounts payable 400.
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "B": Enterprise planning and monitoring.
Explanation:
Information Systems impact the Supply Chain at planning and monitoring stages. Information Systems allow managers to analyze information about the flow of the supply chain and allows them to spot where improvement is necessary. Besides, it allows tracking production to maximize it. Decisions can be made upon the feed Information Systems provide.
Answer:
The Supreme Court ruled that the name Coke was so well known around the world, that it is effectively a common term for the trademarked Coca Cola. If other companies try to use similar terms like Koke for other types of products, e.g. bakery items, there is a risk that the Coca Cola company would be negatively affected by that product's image since consumers might associate Koke directly to Coca Cola.
It doesn't matter if the products were low quality or not, the courts cannot determine that, what matters is that the use of the term may negatively impact another company.
Answer:
The correct words for the blank spaces are (<em>in that order</em>): low; high; opportunity; reservation.
Explanation:
For buyers and sellers to benefit from a transaction, the price of the goods or services offered must be at equilibrium. It implies the price is low enough for consumers to consider purchasing the product and high enough for producers to offer it earning a profit.
Besides, producers should consider their opportunity costs which are the costs of adding one more unit for production. On the other side of the road, consumers consumer their reservation price which is the maximum amount of money they could pay for a good or service based on the value they give to the product.
