At 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Sharma was tired and her day was winding down when she got a phone call from the marketing director who said an impromptu meeting was being held in the executive conference room, and she should come up and present her results on the new product line survey. For a moment, Sharma sank back in her chair. After she hung up the phone, she felt a surge of energy, collected her research materials, and cleared her head as she took the stairs up to the conference room. What stage of the general adaptation syndrome was Sharma experiencing?

Cooperation among oligopolies runs counter to the public interest because it leads to underproduction and high prices. in an effort to bring resource allocation closer to the social optimum, public officials attempt to force oligopolies to compete instead of cooperating. consider the following scenario: suppose that the presidents of two auto manufacturing companies exchange text messages in which they discuss jointly raising prices on their new lines of hybrid suvs. this illegal communication would violate which of the following laws? the sherman antitrust act of 1890 the robinson–patman act of 1936 the celler–kefauver act of 1950 the clayton act of 1914