When using cooperative strategies, firms most frequently develop strategic alliances that: a. create a competitive advantage. b. are long-lived. c. enhance the firm's reputation in the marketplace. d. will reduce the firm's political risk.

answer decisions made by individual households and firms;

answer///supply is elastic, and demand is inelastic;

answer (b); /// a method of measuring the opinions of a large group of people by selecting a subset of the larger group, asking them a set of questions and then generalizing those responses;