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A. Hierarchical
B. Diagonal
C. Linear
D. Triangular
A. When a firm competes with another
B. When a firm outsources to another
C. When a firm is dissolved
D. When a firm acquires or merges with another
A. When a firm competes with another
B. When a firm outsources to another
C. When a firm moves into activities that were previously undertaken by a supplier or a customer
D. When a firm acquires or merges with another
A. Activities that were previously undertaken by the firm are moved to outside suppliers
B. Firms take over sourcing things themselves that they previously bought
C. A firm undergoes innovation
D. None of the above
A. Barter
B. Gifts
C. Employment contracts
D. Potlatch
A. Defined by real estate
B. Defined by geography
C. Defined by economic considerations concerning make or buy, internalizing or externalizing activities
D. None of the above
A. Karl Marx
B. Hamish McTaggart
C. Ronald Coase
D. Henry Mintzberg
A. Creativity/opportunism/strategic foresight
B. Bounded rationality/bounded business units/unbounded energy
C. Bounded rationality/opportunistic behaviour/feasible foresight
D. None of the above
A. Whether transactions should be coordinated within a firm or across markets
B. Whether rationality is bounded enough
C. Whether to invest more in innovation
D. All of the above
A. We never have perfect knowledge and hence can never be perfectly rational
B. We are irrational by nature
C. We cannot be rational because we are forgetful
D. Gaining advantage by being economical with, or even distorting, what we take to be the truth