Elegance Inc. is a large cosmetics company that made an initial small investment in a start-up company, Peace Planet, which was developing an organic face lotion. This gave Elegance controlling interests in the start-up company. However, Peace Planet soon began to have financial difficulties because of principal-agent problems. As a result, Elegance did not invest in the next stage of development and pulled out of the company. This approach to strategic alliance is referred to as a

A. credible commitment.
B. real-options perspective.
C. break-even analysis.
D. partial joint venture.

Part i a company's cereal is not selling well. create a 10-15-question survey that measures customers' preferences for the company's cereal product. then, answer the following questions: how many scale items will you put in the survey? justify your answer. will you use multiple-choice questions? why or why not? how many scale points will you use in the survey? justify your answer. what data type will be used in the survey? justify your answer. part ii as a second part of this assignment, create a set of survey questions, assuming that you sell cars. you are attempting to measure how customers perceive the quality of the cars that you sell. create three survey questions with simple category scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, single-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, multiple-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with likert scale summated ratings. justify why you selected those questions and scales.

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

Mcdonald's fast-food restaurants have a well-designed training program for all new employees. each new employee is supposed to learn how to perform standardized tasks required to maintain mcdonald's service quality. due to labor shortages in some areas, new employees begin work as soon as they are hired and do not receive any off-the-job training. this nonconformity to standards creates