Durable ceramics, inc., provides inexpensive ceramic tile to builders of institutional buildings such as schools, prisons, and public administration buildings. it has always competed on a cost leadership basis. most of its products are purchased by a few commercial construction firms, so it is fairly dependent on these construction firms for selling its product. durable ceramics' next most-efficient competitor, cost-less ceramics, inc., earns average returns, whereas durable earns above-average returns. the commercial construction firms are putting pressure on durable to reduce its prices. if durable reduces its prices below those of cost-less's prices, it is likely that:a. both durable and cost-less will devise additional ways to become more efficient in their productionprocesses. b. durable will be unable to absorb the lower cost, and will go out of business. c. both cost-less and durable will go out of business, leaving the customers with fewer alternative sources oflow-cost tile. d. cost-less will go out of business, and durable will gain higher power over its customers.

Part i a company's cereal is not selling well. create a 10-15-question survey that measures customers' preferences for the company's cereal product. then, answer the following questions: how many scale items will you put in the survey? justify your answer. will you use multiple-choice questions? why or why not? how many scale points will you use in the survey? justify your answer. what data type will be used in the survey? justify your answer. part ii as a second part of this assignment, create a set of survey questions, assuming that you sell cars. you are attempting to measure how customers perceive the quality of the cars that you sell. create three survey questions with simple category scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, single-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with multiple-choice, multiple-response scales. justify why you selected those questions and scales. create three survey questions with likert scale summated ratings. justify why you selected those questions and scales.

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