The sales manager for Smith Exports is deciding on the firm's distribution strategy in several markets. He wants to know which factor is likely to shorten channel length in a particular country. Which of the following factors helps a firm shorten channel length

a. Fragmentation of a retail system

b. small sales force

c. entry of large discount superstores

d. smaller sales orders generated from sales calls

e. frim's insistence of dealing with wholesalers instead of manufacturers

Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where mr

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?