Vertical integration strategies offer good potential
a. to expand a company's lineup of products and services.
b. extend a company's competitive scope within the same industry by expanding its operations across multiple segments or stages of the industry value chain.
c. are one of the best strategic options for helping companies win the race for global market leadership. are a good strategy option for helping a company revamp its value chain and bypass low value-added activities.
d. are particularly effective in boosting a company's ability to expand into additional geographic markets, particularly the markets of foreign countries.

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a. in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b. if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

Why is it vital to maintain a designer worksheet? a. it separates the designs chosen for the season from those rejected by the company. b. it keeps a record of all designs created by the designer for a season. c. it charts out the development of an entire line through the season and beyond. d. it tracks the development of a design along with costing and production details. done

Identify and describe a variety of performance rating scales that can be used in organizations including graphical scales, letter scales, and numeric scales.