Comment on the following statements: a) The primary responsibility for determining whether marketing research activities are necessary is that of the marketing research specialist. b) The information research process serves as a blueprint for reducing risks in making marketing decisions. c) Selecting the most appropriate research design is the most critical task in the research process.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)