What Is a Primary Reason Why Some Small Businesses Resist

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is a primary reason why some small businesses resist the opening of large chain retailers like Walmart or Home Depot?

• A)Because the large size creates economies of scale and they can charge lower prices
• B)Because the selection in the stores is too large
• C)Because large retailers attract crime to neighborhoods in which they are based
• D)Because community leaders do not like the top management
• E)Because large retailers almost never hire local workers as employees

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Definitions:

Hybridization

The concept explaining the bonding in molecules by combining atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals suitable for pairing with other atoms.

Dialkyl Ethers

Organic compounds consisting of an oxygen atom bonded to two alkyl groups, often characterized by their ether functional group, R-O-R'.

IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, an organization that sets standards for naming chemical compounds.

Epoxypentan-1-ol

An organic compound featuring a five-carbon chain with an epoxide ring (a three-membered ring consisting of an oxygen atom and two carbon atoms) and a hydroxyl group at the first carbon.