Acertain marble quarry provides a unique type of marble that is richly colored and strikingly veined. it has been used for churches and public buildings throughout the world. the architect of a new headquarters for a prestigious fortune 500 firm has specified the use of this marble, and this marble only, for this project. which of the following statements is most likely to be true? a. the cost of the marble will be expensive because of the bargaining power of the supplier. b. the cost of the marble will be moderate because of the bargaining power of the buyer. c. the cost of the marble will be moderate because of economies of scale. d. the cost of the marble will be expensive because of the high strategic stakes involved.

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?

Which of the following statements regarding the southern economy at the end of the nineteenth century is accurate? the south was producing as much cotton as it had before the civil war.

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?