Outsourcing Production Will

question 79

Multiple Choice

Outsourcing production will

• A) reduce fixed costs and increase variable costs.
• B) reduce variable costs and increase fixed costs.
• C) have no effect on the relative proportion of fixed and variable costs.
• D) make the company more susceptible to economic swings.

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