Clothing maker The Gap states that its purpose as an organization is to "create emotional connections with customers around the world through inspiring product design, unique store experiences and competitive marketing." This is the company's .A) mission statement.
B) belief statement.
C) goals pact.
D) code of ethics.
E) management pledge.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.