Which One of the Following Is Not a Reason Industry

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is not a reason industry members are often motivated to enter into collaborative partnerships with key suppliers?

• A) to reduce the costs of switching suppliers
• B) to speed the availability of next-generation components
• C) to enhance the quality of parts and components being supplied and reduce defect rates
• D) to squeeze out important cost savings for both themselves and their suppliers
• E) to reduce inventory and logistics costs

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Definitions:

Evaluative Conditioning

A stimulus will become more liked or less liked when it is consistently paired with stimuli that are either positive or negative.

Spreading Attitude Effect

A liked or disliked person (or attitude object) may affect not only the evaluation of a second person directly associated but also others merely associated with the second person.

Automatic Activation

According to Fazio, attitudes that have a strong evaluative link to situational cues are more likely to automatically come to mind from memory.

Moderator Variable

A variable that qualifies an otherwise simple hypothesis with a view to improving its predictive power (e.g., A causes B, but only when C (the moderator) is present).