Which Part of the Value Chain Is Outside the Firm

question 102

Multiple Choice

Which part of the value chain is outside the firm?

• A) Design component
• B) Research and Development component
• C) Production activity
• D) Distribution chain

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Definitions:

Experimental Design

A research method involving the manipulation of one or more independent variables to determine their effect on dependent variables, allowing for control of confounding factors to establish causality.

Participants

Individuals who have volunteered to be in a research project, or in Hymes’s theory, the people present in a speech situation and their roles and relationships.

Control Groups

Experimental groups not exposed to any experimental variable.

Experimental Variable(s)

Factors in an experiment that are manipulated or changed by the researcher to investigate their effect on the dependent variable.