For more than 200 years, encyclopedia britannica was believed to be the most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. however, sales began to plummet when microsoft started bundling encarta with its software products. britannica offered digital versions of its encyclopedia, but priced them high to encourage consumers to purchase its nicely bound volumes. the plan failed. sales have continued to spiral downward since wikipedia has been posting its free encyclopedia on the internet. which of the following statements sums up this scenario most clearly? a. technology has influenced the publishing industry. b. products with strong brand-name recognition can withstand external threats. c. information posted on the internet is more reliable than hardcopy information. d. when managers are slow to respond to technological changes, the consequences can be dire.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.