In an Administered Vertical Marketing System

question 1

Multiple Choice

In an administered vertical marketing system,

• A) no individual participant has control over the others, since a third-party administrator oversees the entire supply chain.
• B) independent firms at different levels of the marketing channel join through contracts to obtain economies of scale and coordination to reduce conflict.
• C) there is no common ownership, and the dominant member has significant power to impose its ideas and objectives.
• D) independent firms join together formally to decide as a group how the marketing channel will operate.
• E) participants-such as warehouses, transportation companies, and retail outlets-are typically owned by a parent company to ensure harmonious relations throughout the supply chain.

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