Answer: Option B
Explanation: Competitive intelligence refers to the study of different factors of the business environment by the organisation for helping the senior management to make strategic decision making.
This study analyzes the factors that directly affects the organisation. The channel of distribution of the competitor can be used to understand their strategy for making their market. An organisation could use this information by improving their channel and gaining a competitive advantage.
Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is B
Answer:
As per Chegg guidelines .
Explanation:
For a high-context culture, the social environment or social context has more importance than the words being spoken. This means that in a high context culture, low-contex culture is not as important as the nonverbal communication, because nonverbal communication has more importance . For the high-context culture, a contract is just a beginning point for negotiations in closing the deal. Signing of the contract does not necessary means closing of the business deal. Some of the examples of high-context cultures are China, most Arab countries, Latin America, most African countries, most other Asian countries, and Italy. In reality, most cultures fall somewhere along a continuum, or sliding scale, in their perception of the importance of context (with high and low being the end points of the continuum
Answer:
III) Increase its gross margin
Explanation:
If the company increases its gross margin, it will have a direct impact on the company's net profit. The higher a company's net profit, the higher its value = higher stock price.
The only option that increases the value of the company is to increase its net profit, since:
- an increase in inventory will result in a lower stock price
- a decrease in the asset turnover ratio will result in a lower stock price
- the issuing of stock dividends will only increase the price of stock in the short run, later the price will adjust down since the company's book value will lower
