Stu company provided the following information related to its inventory sales and purchases for december year 1 and the first quarter of year 2:
col1 dec. year 1 jan. year 2 feb. year 2 mar. year 2 (actual) (budgeted) (budgeted) (budgeted)

col2 cost of goods sold $ 36,000 $ 66,000 $ 86,000 $ 56,000
desired ending inventory levels are 28% of the following month's projected cost of goods sold. budgeted purchases of inventory in february year 2 would be:

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position