Why Do Industries Usually Enter the Decline Stage

question 86

Multiple Choice

Why do industries usually enter the decline stage?

• A)Product innovation has not increased the product base over the years
• B)Low dividend payout ratios have kept spending in research and development down
• C)Economic recessions have lowered sales
• D)Competition from foreign producers has limited profits

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Definitions:

Merchandise

Goods that are bought and sold within a market or industry.

Collect Like Terms

The process in algebra of combining terms that have the same variables raised to the same power to simplify expressions or equations.

Collect Like Terms

The method in algebra which involves merging terms that possess identical variables elevated to the same exponent.

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