In July 2012, the estimated population of Brazil was 275,326,000. The number of reported tuberculosis cases in 2012 was 17,357, of which 12,800 persons died. Calculate the incidence rate of tuberculosis (per 100,000 population).

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.