According to Michael Porter, the Suppliers in an Industry Enjoy

question 43

Multiple Choice

According to Michael Porter, the suppliers in an industry enjoy bargaining power when ________.

• A) there are many suppliers to choose from
• B) their products or services are not differentiated
• C) their products or services carry low switching costs
• D) their businesses are not threatened by alternative products

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Definitions:

Z-score

An index quantifying the position of a value relative to the average value in a dataset, expressed as the amount of standard deviations away from this mean.

Percentile

A value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls, used to understand and interpret data distributions.

Normal Curve

The normal curve, or the bell curve, represents the graphical depiction of a normal distribution with a symmetric shape where most outcomes cluster around the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measurement indicating the range of separation or variance among a set of data.