Select Service Partner (SSP) Group Has Operations in 30 Countries

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Multiple Choice

Select Service Partner (SSP) Group has operations in 30 countries involving food and beverage establishments, often in transit hubs such as airports and railway stations. SSP also operates Starbucks locations in airports in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. SSP pays Starbucks a royalty based on sales, as well as a fee for each store. In these instances, Starbucks is engaged in

• A) direct exporting.
• B) indirect exporting.
• C) contract manufacturing.
• D) foreign assembly.
• E) franchising.

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Definitions:

Carbon Dioxide

This odorless, color-free gas is produced during the combustion of organic compounds and carbon, as well as through respiration, and it's consumed by plants in their photosynthesis process.

Chorion

The outermost membrane surrounding an embryo in mammals, birds, and reptiles, contributing to the formation of the placenta in mammals.

Allantois

An extraembryonic membrane of reptiles, birds, and mammals that stores the embryo’s nitrogenous wastes; most of the allantois is detached at hatching or birth.

Nitrogenous Wastes

Metabolic waste compounds that contain nitrogen, commonly produced by the breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids in organisms.