Read this excerpt from an argumentative essay. In a free enterprise system, companies can become more successful by beating their competitors in service and pricing. Mary Kay Ash’s innovative business plan used her reduced costs and her loyal, home-based sales team to beat the competition at providing cosmetics to American women. The excerpt has an effective style and tone because it is formal and objective. casual and friendly. strong and passionate. subjective and opinionated.

1. gdp is calculated by summing consumption, investment, and exports of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a specific period the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a specific period government expenditures within the borders of a given country during a specific period the quantity of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a specific period

In transportation model analysis, the stepping-stone method is used to: a. obtain an initial feasible solutionb. evaluate empty cells for possible degeneracyc. evaluate empty cells for potential solution improvementsd. identify a dummy origin pointe. balance supply and demand

By changing its recipe, a smoothie chain is reacting to a change in the environment. while it is important to be able to quickly adapt, it is also important to take a proactive approach to changes in the marketing environment. implementing a proactive approach requires constantly scanning and analyzing the environment so that changes do not come as a surprise. the statements below are findings from environmental scanning and analysis. select the marketing environment force that best describes each of the statements listed.