The management of a large manufacturing company is trying to determine if
money should be spent on developing machinery that will increase
production or on advertising the company's products in order to increase
sales. economists and sociologists have been brought in to investigate the
consequences of each choice and the potential dangers of deciding to spend
money on the development of new machinery instead of advertising. what
the economists and sociologists are doing is called a:
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a. public service.
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b. pro-and-con review.
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c. political calculation.
d. cost-benefit analysis.

In our daily interactions we can find ourselves listening to other people solely for the purpose of finding weakness in their positions so that we can formulate a convincing response. select one: true false

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

Aprimary advantage of organizing economic activity within firms is thea. ability to coordinate highly complex tasks to allow for specialized division of labor. b. low administrative costs because of reduced bureaucracy. c. eradication of the principal-agent problem. d. high-powered incentive to work as salaried employees for an existing firm.