A Major Disadvantage of Centralized Purchasing to a Chain Retailer

question 103

Multiple Choice

A major disadvantage of centralized purchasing to a chain retailer is ________.

• A) overdependence on the boss
• B) lack of quantity discounts
• C) absence of bargaining power
• D) complex managerial control

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Definitions:

Environmental Resistance

Factors in the environment that limit the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population of organisms.

Replacement Reproduction

Population in which each person is replaced by only one child.

Zero Population Growth

No growth in population size.

Births Equals Deaths

A demographic state where the number of births in a population is equal to the number of deaths, resulting in zero population growth.