Tight Cross-Functional Integration Between R&D, Production, and Marketing Can Help

question 68

Multiple Choice

Tight cross-functional integration between R&D, production, and marketing can help a company to ensure that all of the following take place except:

• A) time to market is minimized.
• B) development costs are kept in check.
• C) new products are designed for ease of manufacture.
• D) product development projects are driven by internal needs.

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Definitions:

Resonance Structures

Different Lewis structures for the same molecule that depict different possible arrangements of electrons.

AntiAromatic

Refers to organic compounds that are cyclic, conjugated, contain a planar ring system, but do not follow Huckel's rule, resulting in increased instability.

Pyrrole

A heterocyclic aromatic organic compound, a five-membered ring with the formula C4H5N, containing a nitrogen atom.

π Network

A conjugated system in organic chemistry characterized by alternating single and multiple bonds that allow for delocalization of π electrons over multiple atoms.