An article on slashgear. com reported on the findings of the marketing research firm his isuppli in its investigation of the cost of the components used to produce the 16gb apple ipad mini. the firm found that this ipad mini costs $188 to produce, 43% less than its retail price of $329.o does this mean that apple is making a profit of $141 per ipad mini?

Partnerships are the most common type of business firms in the world. t/f

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

Do a swot analysis for the business idea you chose in question 2 above. describe at least 2 strengths, 2 weaknesses, 2 opportunities, and 2 threats for that company idea.