An Example of _____ Would Be the Travel Industry Where

question 52

Multiple Choice

An example of _____ would be the travel industry where the Internet connects customers directly to an airline to purchase tickets and travel agents no longer play an important role in the process.

• A)crowdsourcing
• B)differentiation
• C)disintermediation
• D)encryption

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Variable costs are expenses that vary directly with the level of production or sales volume.

Target Profit

The predetermined amount of income that a company aims to achieve in a specific period.

Fixed Component

The part of total costs in a business that remains constant regardless of the level of production or business activity.

Least-Squares Regression

A statistical method used to determine the line of best fit by minimizing the sum of the squares of the vertical distances of the points from the line.