Ebl industries its products in foreign countries, where labor is less expensive and production sites are owned by other companies. this strategy allows ebl industries to experiment in new markets without incurring the large start-up costs involved with building its own production facilities.

James sebenius, in his harvard business review article: six habits of merely effective negotiators, identifies six mistakes that negotiators make that keep them from solving the right problem. identify which mistake is being described. striving for a “win-win” agreement results in differences being overlooked that may result in joint gains.

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Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is