Answer:
a. Retailer
Explanation:
Retailer is "a business or person that sells goods to the consumer, as opposed to a wholesaler or supplier, who normally sell their goods to another business
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Reference: WebFinance. “Read the Full Definition.” BusinessDictionary.com, 2019
Answer:
The correct option is Increase and Decrease respectively
Explanation:
Answer:
It should accept the special order at the price of $36 as the total marginal cost will be $28.5 (27 variable cost + 1.15 shipping cost).
Explanation:
Special orders are accepted only if marginal revenue increases the marginal cost. Marginal cost is the total cost incurred to fulfill any order.
In the given scenario, since the Company already has adequate capacity and it will not incur any additional fixed cost, therefore the order can be accepted by taking variable cost in to consideration.
Marginal Revenue 36
Less: Marginal Cost
Variable Cost (27)
Shipping Cost <u> (1.15)</u>
Total Profit from Order <u> 7.85</u>
Answer: 1) Carol can use the surve results to . identify the building blocks of competitive advantage and develop strategies to use them to increase profitability and in this way try to get the most out of it.
2) Strategically, managers who have identified these advanced factors should <u>take steps to protect these assets, either formally or as a trade secret, optimize the company's use of them and not outsource them to other firms </u>because it is convenient to try that the competition does not find out about the use of this factor of production so that it cannot imitate them and thus be able to gain a greater market share to the competition.
3) The statement "in response to requests from customers for healthier food on the menu, a restaurant tweaks its recipe for its most popular sandwich to remove processed ingredients and replace them with fresh vegetables." describes a strategy that adds value to multiple factors as it goes through several activities in the value chain because the company's decision to use less processed ingredients and more fresh vegetables not only facilitates production but also responds to a customer need, which will value the products even more.
Answer:
B) Leave the equilibrium price unchanged.
Explanation:
Oligopolistic market is the arrangement where few companies offer same product to the customers. There is very less competition in the market so every supplier has fair chance for operating their business successfully. The kinked demand model curve in oligopolistic market would leave the equilibrium price unchanged.
