Depending on the complexity of the purchase, firms may use a buying center to complete a transaction. Buying centers vary in size and composition but generally cover six roles: initiator, user, gatekeeper, influencer, decider, and buyer.

Match the description of the responsibility to the role to which it belongs.

a. initiator
b. user
c. gatekeeper
d. influencer
e. decider
f. buyer.

1. Customers who come into Caffè Gustoso's Naperville location will benefit from the relaxing ambience the fish tanks will create.

2. One of the owner's spouses recently visited an upscale coffee shop in San Francisco whose internal walls were created out of fish tanks. She wants to replicate the relaxing feeling in the Naperville location.

3. Before the fish tank specifications were finalized, the owners talked to a tropical fish retailer to gain some information and inspiration about what fish to acquire for the tanks.

4. Caffè Gustoso's secretary collects, sorts, and organizes all of the fish tank catalogs and bids submitted in response to the request for fish tank proposals

5. With the winning proposal identified, Caffè Gustoso's purchasing agent completes the transaction by placing the order and negotiating delivery and installation.

6.The co-owners of Caffè Gustoso review the proposals submitted by the tropical fish companies and choose a finalist.

It is week 1 and there are currently 20 as in stock. we need 300 as at the start of week 5. if there are scheduled receipts planned for week 3 and week 4 of 120 as each and a has a lead time of 1 week, when and how large of an order should be placed to meet the requirement of 300 as?

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

What could cause a production possibilities curve to move down and to the left? a.) a nation loses land after being defeated in a war. b.) an increase in the use of computer technology speeds up production c.) a baby boom 20 years ago results in a large number of young adults in the population today. d.) thousands of investors from overseas invest money in a nations economy.