GudGadgets Is a Leading Manufacturing Company

question 27

Multiple Choice

 GudGadgets is a leading manufacturing company. It used a particular raw material as the base for manufacturing most of its products. Due to some recent events, the government banned the overall supply of that raw material. As a result, the company had to switch to another raw material. This called for a change in the machines and other processes involved in manufacturing its products. The company stopped the production of some established products and introduced new products to remain competitive. This scenario is an example of _____ change.

• A) transformative
• B) organic
• C) incremental
• D) planned

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Definitions:

Capital Market

The input/factor market in which households supply their savings, for interest or for claims to future profits, to firms that demand funds to buy capital goods.

Investment

New capital additions to a firm’s capital stock. Although capital is measured at a given point in time (a stock), investment is measured over a period of time (a flow). The flow of investment increases the capital stock.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the amount of it that consumers are willing to purchase at various prices.

Hoverboards

Self-balancing scooters that use gyroscopic technology to allow users to move based on the direction and speed of their body lean.