Walmart Recently Engaged Amazon

question 21

Multiple Choice

Walmart recently engaged Amazon.com in an online price war in an attempt to become the largest Internet retailer in the world. This is an example of __________ on the part of Walmart.

• A) cooptation
• B) voluntary action
• C) competitive pacification
• D) competitive aggression
• E) environmental scanning

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Definitions:

"Nonplaces"

Spaces characterized by transitory and impersonal relations, such as airports and supermarkets, as defined by anthropologist Marc Augé.

Subtype

A specialized form or variation of a broader category or group.

McDonaldization

The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world, leading to increased efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control through the substitution of non-human for human technology.

Irrationality of Rationality

A concept suggesting that rational systems or practices can lead to outcomes that are irrational or harmful to societal well-being.