Formal Linkage Mechanisms Should Be Used When Companies

question 88

Multiple Choice

Formal linkage mechanisms should be used when companies:

• A)exchange specific assets and uncertainty is high.
• B)have few possible exchange partners and uncertainty is low.
• C)exchange nonspecific assets and have few exchange partners.
• D)exchange specific assets and have many possible exchange partners.

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