When the Fed initiated a program to purchase commercial paper, one of its primary goals was to a. prevent financial institutions from holding commercial paper. b. require that financial institutions increase their holdings of commercial paper. c. increase activity in the market for commercial paper and boost the confidence of investors in commercial paper. d. prevent financial institutions from issuing commercial paper in the future.

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position