The art of sales is never more obvious than in a late-night infomercial. Tell about one infomercial that you have seen and what tactics the salesperson used to get the audience to buy their product. See if you can find a link to it online and post the link with your comment as well. Did watching the salesperson make you want to buy? Do you think you would be able to do the same marketing job as the salesperson? Explain the skills that would be needed to be successful in the Sales & Marketing career cluster.

Banana computers has decided to procure processing chips required for its laptops from external suppliers instead of manufacturing them in their own facilities. how will this decision affect the firm? a. the firm will be protected against the principal-agent problem. b. the firm's administrative costs will be low because of necessary bureaucracy. c. the firm will have more flexibility in purchasing and comparing prices of goods and services. d. the firm will have high-powered incentives, such as hourly wages and salaries.