The cell phone is one of the great innovations of recent decades. Yet the innovation has not come from any one place. The list of manufacturers includes Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, LG, Sony, Nokia, BlackBerry, and
Xiaomi. These manufacturers operate in South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Canada, and Finland.
The major parts suppliers are in over 20 countries. When your business competes on a global scale, it is more
important than ever

A) to lock up patents on early technology
B) to specialize and do one thing really well
C) to adapt and innovate

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.