Which of the following examples best illustrates the effect of informal institutions on marketing and supply chain management?
a. fitchell corp. communicated new quality regulations to its vendors, which in turn changed the quality standard of the material supplied by the vendors to their domestic companies.
b. huran inc. dropped the idea of advertising its products via newspapers in duador because most of the people in duador read news on the internet.
c. tenoy inc. once had the most graphic animation in advertisements, but is forced to modify them because such advertisements are not rare anymore.
d. esca motors dissolved its contract with a company that was providing with aerodynamic frames for its vehicles because the company was using this as a leverage to compete with esca motors.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

In risk management, what does risk control include? a. risk identification b. risk analysis c. risk prioritization d. risk management planning e. risk elimination need this answer now : (