Waterway company had ending inventory at end-of-year prices of $120,000 at december 31, 2019; $143,880 at december 31, 2020; and $161,472 at december 31, 2021. the year-end price indexes were
a) 100 at 12/31/19,
b) 110 at 12/31/20,
c) 120 at 12/31/21.

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