Tasty Treats, an international fast food chain, is facing tough competition in foreign markets. Any decision such as introducing a new product or service, dropping an existing product line, or changing promotional strategies needs to be approved by the top managers at the company's headquarters, so it takes a lot of time to implement decisions. As a result, the company is unable to effectively respond to changes and problems on a regional scale. What cause can be attributed to the problems faced by Tasty Treats?

A. product departmentalization

B. undercapitalization

C. overcentralization

D. wide span of control

E. employee empowerment

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?