The practice of making illegal payments to government officials or engaging in blackmail, extortion, or other related activities to obtain government contracts or governmental approval for business activities is called corruption.

Which of the following is an element of inventory holding costs? a. material handling costs b. investment costs c. housing costs d. pilferage, scrap, and obsolescence e. all of the above are elements of inventory holding costs.

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

In transportation model analysis, the stepping-stone method is used to: a. obtain an initial feasible solutionb. evaluate empty cells for possible degeneracyc. evaluate empty cells for potential solution improvementsd. identify a dummy origin pointe. balance supply and demand