Xyz company is dedicated to operations control. it holds its suppliers to the highest standards, believing there is one best way to complete their tasks. xyz has even gone so far as to incorporate total quality management into its business. following these criteria has allowed the company to grow from a small business to a large corporation.
(a)-xyz plans on going international in the next couple of years to broaden its scope.
(b)-xyz has kept up with new technologies. in fact, it has incorporated a new computer system that with the development of the company's products.
(c)-this system has improved xyz's production dramatically. now, xyz will be able to sell its products at a lower cost.
(d)-the xyz management is dedicated to total quality management and will do whatever is necessary to maintain quality now and for the future.

Shareholders of tesla recently expressed concerns that elon musk should give up some of his power on tesla's board by appointing two independent directors. which of the following is not a reason why elon musk is perceived to have significant power over tesla's board? 1. he is the founder of the firm and a successful entrepreneur, thus board members may be hesitant to challenge him.2. as the ceo and chairman of the firm he can easily determine what the board should discuss and how it should vote on strategic issues.3. all board members, except for kimbal, have been appointed to the board during elon's tenure.4. many of the firm's directors are outsider investment managers whose interests would not be aligned with those of firms' shareholders.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

1. all other things equal, according to the law of demand, when the price of a good falls, the demand for the good falls the demand for the good rises the quantity demanded of the good falls the quantity demanded of the good rises 2. when a market is in equilibrium, the quantity of the good that buyers are willing and able to buy exactly equals the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell cannot be determined is less than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell is greater than the quantity that sellers are willing and able to sell 3. which of the following factors does not influence the demand for a good or service? consumer (buyer) income the price of related goods the number of sellers buyer expectations 4. when the number of sellers in a market increases, demand rises supply rises the price rises, all else equal the number of buyers falls