Anetwork of organizations and business processes for procuring raw materials, transforming these materials into intermediate and finished products, and distributing the finished products to customers is called a:
a. marketing channel.
b. distribution channel.
c. value chain.
d. supply chain.

Alaska king crab fishing in the 1960s and '70s was a dangerous but rich fishery. boats from as far away as california and japan braved the treacherous gulf of alaska crossing to reach the abundant king crab beds in cook inlet and bristol bay. suddenly, in the early 1980s, the fishery crashed due to over fishing. all crabbing in those areas ended. to this day, there is no crabbing in bristol bay or cook inlet. a. how would an economist explain the decline of the alaska king crab fishery

3. why would the sale of counterfeit products through its sites be damaging to alibaba?

Susie buys two goods - rounds of golf and massages. suppose that the price of a round of golf is $20, and the price of a massage is $30. in a typical week susie will play two rounds of golf, getting 20 units of satisfaction from the second round. she normally buys three massages each week, with the third giving her 30 units of satisfaction. if she were to buy a fourth massage in a week, it would give her 20 units of satisfaction. if the price of massages is reduced to $15, which of the following outcomes might we expect to occur? a) susie would leave her consumption choices unchanged because of diminishing marginal utility in the consumption of massages. b) susie would buy more massages and more rounds of golf, as predicted by the substituion effect. c) susie would buy more massages and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by the substitution effect. d) susie would buy more massage and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by income effect.