Alb corp. is in the middle of their monthly controlling process. after some benchmark checks and quality? comparisons, they have found out that the quality of their weapon systems has gone down. to bring it back to its previous quality? standards, alb corp. should next? . compare their weapons against rival companiesb. sell their weapons at a lower pricec. bring down their performance standards
d. measure performance of other companiese. take corrective action

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.