Formal Linkage Mechanisms Should Be Used When Companies

question 79

Multiple Choice

Formal linkage mechanisms should be used when companies:

• A) have few possible exchange partners and uncertainty is low.
• B) exchange specific assets and uncertainty is high.
• C) exchange specific assets and have many possible exchange partners.
• D) exchange nonspecific assets and have few exchange partners.

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