Mike Hardware and James Industrial Supplier Have Worked Closely for Many

question 27

Multiple Choice

Mike Hardware and James Industrial Supplier have worked closely for many years and have a mutually beneficial relationship in which Mike provides all of James's hardware needs in a timely manner. Mike and James's relationship could be best characterized as a(n)

• A)reciprocity agreement.
• B)partnership.
• C)intra-organizational group.
• D)alliance.
• E)tying arrangement.

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