Sales agent X does not sell client Y's property during a 90-day listing agreement. X immediately thereafter buys the property, makes a few (very obvious) repairs, and sells it for a nice profit. This transaction is probably:.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.