Bea is a young professional living in the suburbs. She and a friend decide to meet on a Saturday for a day of shopping, dining, and movie. With it being a beautiful day outside, they wish to enjoy the weather but also find a place that features upscale apparel shops and boutiques. They most likely will choose to patronize a .

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.