Alligator enterprises has earned above-average returns since its founding five years ago. no other firm has challenged alligator in its particular market niche; therefore, the firm's owners can feel secure that alligator has established a competitive advantage. t/f

Which type of market are you in if your company, along with three other companies, controls 95 percent of the total music industry?

Which value describes the desire to be one’s own boss? a. autonomy b. status c. security d. entrepreneurship

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.