The Emergence, for Amazon

question 11

Multiple Choice

The emergence, for Amazon.com, of new competitors in the sphere of online shopping illustrates what disadvantage posed by the use of information systems to achieve competitive advantage?

• A) E-commerce is affected by the law of diminishing returns.
• B) Internet technologies are universal, and therefore usable by all companies.
• C) Internet shopping produces cost transparency.
• D) The Internet enables the production or sales of substitute products or services.

Explore the concept of common-interest associations and their role in society.

Analyze the evolution of community formation in the digital age.

Understand the key concepts and differences between classical and operant conditioning.

Identify and differentiate between the types of stimuli and responses in conditioning (CS, CR, UCS, UCR).

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Definitions:

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Egypt

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Greece

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Coordinating Services

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