Engineers Have Decided That It Will Be More Cost Effective

question 103

Multiple Choice

Engineers have decided that it will be more cost effective to produce the required component in-house, rather than search externally. Reaching this decision has likely occurred in which stage of the organizational buying decision process?

• A)information search
• B)alternative evaluation
• C)post-purchase behaviour
• D)problem recognition

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