AgriProducers Provides Services Related to the Testing of Soil and Crops

question 18

Multiple Choice

AgriProducers provides services related to the testing of soil and crops. It also provides advice to its customers for improving the productivity of the soil and the quality of the crops. It has customers all over the United States. The crops and soil are different in the various large areas of the nation, such as the west coast and the Midwest. Which type of departmentalization would be best for AgriProducers?

• A) functional
• B) process
• C) product
• D) geographic
• E) temporal

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Definitions:

Duopoly

A market structure characterized by two dominant firms controlling the majority of the market share.

Natural Monopoly

A market structure where a single supplier is most efficient due to high fixed or start-up costs, often in industries like utilities.

Economies of Scale

The financial benefits businesses receive from their operational scale, where the cost for each unit produced tends to decrease as the scale of production increases since fixed costs are allocated over a greater quantity of output.

Preemption

A strategy or action taken to prevent an opponent from taking an action by being the first to act or by securing a strategic advantage.