Relying on Outsiders to Perform Certain Value Chain Activities Offers

question 3

Multiple Choice

Relying on outsiders to perform certain value chain activities offers such strategic advantages as

• A)ensuring more costly components or services.
• B)improving the company's inability to innovate by allying with "best-in-class" suppliers.
• C)reducing the company's risk exposure to changing technology and/or changing buyer preferences.
• D)increasing the firm's inability to assemble diverse kinds of expertise speedily and efficiently.
• E)reducing its information technology and operational costs so that organizational flexibility is maintained.

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Definitions:

Venipuncture

The process of puncturing a vein with a needle to withdraw blood or administer medication.

Aneurysm

An abnormal bulge or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel, which can be life-threatening if it ruptures.

Diastole

The stage of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscle relaxes, permitting the chambers to be filled with blood.

SA Node

The sinoatrial node, a group of cells in the right atrium of the heart that generates the electrical impulses initiating the heart's rhythm.