When a customer orders merchandise from an online vendor, the vendor usually sends an immediate order confirmation message by email. usually, within a day or two, a second message arrives stating that the order is in the post-office. this second message is a type of:

a. vertical contractual notice
b. advanced shipping notice
c. universal product code report
d. cpfr requirement
e. rfid tag

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.