Rock Creek Bottling Company pays its production manager a salary of $6,000 per month. Salespersons are paid strictly on commission, at $1.50 for each case of product sold.

For Rock Creek Bottling Company, the salespersons' commissions are an example of:

a. a fixed cost.
b. a variable cost.
c. none of these
d. a mixed cost.

Coca-cola was primarily known for its core competencies in marketing, bottling, and distributing aerated drinks. however, with the success of gatorade, coca-cola developed competencies in the development and marketing of its own sports drink, powerade. which of the following is true of coca-cola? a. it is leveraging existing core competencies to improve current market position. b. it is building new core competencies to protect and extend its current market position. c. it is redeploying and recombining existing core competencies to compete in markets of the future. d. it is targeting the chasm between the early adopter and early majority market segment.