Jr winery grows grapes and produces wine in the state of delaware. it purchases its corks from cork masters, a california cork importer. despite a written contract, cork masters has informed jr winery that it will immediately be raising the cost of corks 20 percent. jr winery disputes the added charges and claims a breach of contract. both companies agree that they want to resolve the dispute through binding arbitration. the arbitrator finds in favor of jr winery. what, if anything, can cork masters do if it wants to dispute the arbitrator's decision?

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.