"some people predict, however, that the prices of chocolate will increase drastically in about three years because of some unhealthy crops." given this expectation for the future, what will happen to the demand of chocolate now? the demand will: a. decrease as people switch to substitute goodsb. increase as consumers buy more now to avoid higher prices laterc. decrease; when prices increase, demand decreasesd. stay the same as consumers plan to adjust to the prices in the future

Which financial component is a mandatory deduction from your gross pay? a. sales tax b. social security tax c. health insurance d. disaster relief fund (drf) e. voluntary deduction

Resources that are valuable but not rare can be categorized asanswers: organizational weaknesses.distinctive competencies.organizational strengths.complementary resources and capabilities.

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.