The Essential Requirement for Different Businesses to Be "Related" Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

The essential requirement for different businesses to be "related" is that

• A)their value chains exhibit competitively valuable cross-business commonalities.
• B)the products of the different businesses are bought by many of the same types of buyers.
• C)the products of the different businesses are sold in the same types of retail stores.
• D)the businesses have several key suppliers in common.
• E)the production methods they employ both entail economies of scale.

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Definitions:

Rational Analysis

A systematic, logical evaluation of information or concepts to form a judgment or conclusion.

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion or bias against an individual or group without sufficient knowledge, rational reason, or actual experience.

Discrimination

In conditioning, the tendency for an organism to distinguish between a CS and similar stimuli that do not forecast a UCS.

Fear Appeal

A persuasive message that attempts to arouse fear in order to divert behavior through the highlighting of negative consequences.