Rock-N-Roll is an emerging jazz band in desperate need of a promoter. Georgio Saldanha, an event manager, agrees to promote Rock-N-Roll throughout the west coast, only if the band appoints him as the official band manager and agrees to pay him 15% of the total earnings. This scenario is an example of a dealing.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.