When Decision-Making Is Centralized in Corporate Management,retailers

question 92

Multiple Choice

When decision-making is centralized in corporate management,retailers:

• A) have better committed employees
• B) have reduced costs
• C) hire fewer sales associates
• D) better meet the needs of customers in specific stores
• E) involve department managers in the buying process

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Definitions:

Marginal Utility

The supplementary satisfaction or value derived from the consumption of one more unit of a good or service.

Lobster Dinner

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Inelastic

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Perfect Competition

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