Vendor Partnerships Based on Relational Contacts-Such as the Relationships Between

question 34

Multiple Choice

Vendor partnerships based on relational contacts-such as the relationships between vehicle manufacturers and their component suppliers-are superior to either pure market contracts or vertical integration because:

• A)They give manufacturers immense bargaining power over their suppliers
• B)They offer similar benefits of high-powered incentives and flexibility that market contracts
• C)They offer similar coordination benefits as vertical integration
• D)They combine the coordination benefits of vertical integration with the incentive and flexibility benefits of market contracts.

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