Answer:
b. When there is a lack of importance of the buyer to the supplier group
Explanation:
According to Porter there are five forces that can cause rivalry in a production industry. These are supplier power, threat of new entrants, buyer power, threat of substitutes, and degree of rivalry.
Supplier power is when suppliers are able to benefit from the producers by increasing prices of inputs and gaining some industry profit. Since suppliers supply input and labour to the producer they have a greater control of there is lack of importance of the buyer to the supplier group.
This means that the supplier group has more control on price and quality it supplies to the buyer with buyer having little choice but to buy.
If however buyer is more important to the supplier it means they can control price and quality of inputs
Answer:
The correct answer is: market efficiency; government intervention; specialization; equilibrium.
Explanation:
The owner of the snow cones realizes that the demand for snow cones has decreased in winter, and thus, closes shop to open back. This is an example of market efficiency.
The local river is being polluted too much because of the amount of chemicals being dumped in the river. The government puts regulation on the amount of chemicals being dumped. This is an example of government intervention in the economy.
At a restaurant one chef is placed at the vegetable station, one chef is at meat station, and one is to plate the food. This an example of specialization the management is placing chef that specializes in vegetable, meat and in plating at their respective positions.
The favorable whether leads to increase in supply of oranges. This causes a rightward shift in supply curve. The price of oranges fall as a result. This is an example of change in equilibrium.
Answer:
c. Cultural differences, government demands, and local competitors
Explanation:
Philips organization is multinational organization and it encounters the forces of local responsiveness as follows:
Cultural differences: As it is selling electronics it will remove cultural differences as that arise, because each person irrespective of its culture will use electronics.
Government demands of the country in which the organization is set up has to be met in order to thrive and find extra support from government.
As the company is an outsider to the states it needs to evaluate the local competitors properly in order to thrive and lead in the state of Netherlands.
Answer:
architectural innovation
Explanation:
The scenario is describing the term known as architectural innovation. This refers to the innovation of the specific architecture of any product that changes and/or modifies the way the different components of the machine link or relate to each other, thus allowing it to perform new functions or the same functions but in a much more user-friendly manner. This is what Canon did by changing the architecture of the copying machine so that it was more user-friendly for the end consumer.
