Which of the Following Is True of Strategic Alliances

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of strategic alliances?

• A) Strategic alliances can make entry into a foreign market difficult.
• B) Strategic alliances, while they have many benefits, do not allow firms to share the fixed costs of developing new products or processes.
• C) Strategic alliances allow firms to bring together complementary skills and assets that neither company could easily develop on its own.
• D) Strategic alliances, while beneficial to firms, make the establishment of technological standards for an industry difficult.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The marginal product is the additional output resulting from a one-unit increase in the use of a variable input, holding all other inputs constant.

Equilibrium Wage

The wage rate at which the quantity of labor demanded by employers equals the quantity of labor supplied by workers, leading to a balance without surplus or shortage.

Equilibrium Wage

The wage rate at which the quantity of labor demanded by employers equals the quantity of labor supplied by workers, resulting in a stable labor market condition.

Immigration

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.