Two firms that produce industrial machinery decide to form a strategic alliance. the objective of this collaboration is to combine their manufacturing facilities to achieve economies of scale during production. which of the following is the primary value they aim to create through this alliance? a. combining unique skillsb. pooling similar resourcesc. lowering distribution costsd. creating product differentiation

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

At a small store, a customer enters the front door on average every 8 minutes. a prior study indicated that the time between customers entering the front door during weekdays follows an exponential distribution. what is the probability that the time between customers entering the store on a weekday will be less than or equal to 7? select one: a. 62 b. 43 c. 1/8 d. 7/8 e. 58

Blue spruce corp. has the following transactions during august of the current year. aug. 1 issues shares of common stock to investors in exchange for $10,170. 4 pays insurance in advance for 3 months, $1,720. 16 receives $710 from clients for services rendered. 27 pays the secretary $740 salary. indicate the basic analysis and the debit-credit analysis.