With the Emergence of Smartphones, Users No Longer Have to Carry

question 125

Multiple Choice

With the emergence of smartphones, users no longer have to carry a separate music player, a video game, a laptop, or a magazine to keep themselves entertained when traveling.A smartphone is loaded with a variety of applications to satisfy all the customer needs that different industries or products individually satisfied earlier.As a result, the smartphone industry has been posing a threat to a lot of other unrelated industries.What is this phenomenon best known as?

• A) Industry convergence
• B) Backward integration
• C) Product differentiation
• D) Customer myopia

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Definitions:

Direct Costing

A method in managerial accounting that includes variable costs directly attributable to the production of a product in the cost of goods sold, excluding fixed costs.

Full Costing

An accounting method that includes all direct and indirect costs in the price of a product or service.

Carrying Cost

The total costs associated with holding inventory or assets, including storage, insurance, and taxes.

Administrative Costs

Expenses related to the general operation of a business, including salaries of executive officers, legal and clerical salaries, and other general expenses.