Whether buyers' bargaining power poses a strong or weak source of competitive pressure on industry members depends in part on A. whether most buyers possess roughly equal or varying degrees of bargaining power. B. how many buyers are engaged in collaborative partnerships with sellers. C. whether buyer demand is strong or declining. D. whether the overall quality of the items being furnished by industry members is rising or falling. E. whether entry barriers are high or low.

T-comm makes a variety of products. it is organized in two divisions, north and south. the managers for each division are paid, in part, based on the financial performance of their divisions. the south division normally sells to outside customers but, on occasion, also sells to the north division. when it does, corporate policy states that the price must be cost plus 20 percent to ensure a "fair" return to the selling division. south received an order from north for 300 units. south's planned output for the year had been 1,200 units before north's order. south's capacity is 1,500 units per year. the costs for producing those 1,200 units follow