Many apartment-complex owners are installing water meters for each apartment and billing the occupants according to the amount of water they use. this is in contrast to the former procedure of having a central meter for the entire complex and dividing up the collective water expense as part of the rent. where individual meters have been installed, water usage has declined 10 to 40 percent. explain that drop, referring to price and marginal utility.

Coca-cola was primarily known for its core competencies in marketing, bottling, and distributing aerated drinks. however, with the success of gatorade, coca-cola developed competencies in the development and marketing of its own sports drink, powerade. which of the following is true of coca-cola? a. it is leveraging existing core competencies to improve current market position. b. it is building new core competencies to protect and extend its current market position. c. it is redeploying and recombining existing core competencies to compete in markets of the future. d. it is targeting the chasm between the early adopter and early majority market segment.