Which of the following is a disadvantage that a firm faces when forming a strategic alliance?
a. risks associated with the fixed costs of a business are more for an alliance than an independent firm.
b. a firm can give away more than it receives when forming an alliance.
c. forming an alliance would hinder the growth of complementary skills and assets.
d. technological standards cannot be established for an industry when alliances exist.

Margaret company reported the following information for the current year: net sales $3,000,000 purchases $1,957,000 beginning inventory $245,000 ending inventory $115,000 cost of goods sold 65% of sales industry averages available are: inventory turnover 5.29 gross profit percentage 28% how do the inventory turnover and gross profit percentage for margaret company compare to the industry averages for the same ratios? (round inventory turnover to two decimal places. round gross profit percentage to the nearest percent.)

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x, y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

Vendors provide restaurants with what? o a. cooked items ob. raw materials oc. furniture od. menu recipes