ABC Bank utilizes the janitorial services of Bob's Scrub-A-Dub-Dub to keep their buildings clean. Bob's provides all the necessary cleaning supplies, training of crews, background security checks (since the crews work after hours) and all other associated expenses. The other available janitorial services do not typically provide security checks and a client such as a bank would have to hire guards to watch the work of the janitors. This expense effectively limits the bank to utilizing only Bob's services. This illustrates the concept of

A. high employment costs.
B. unfavorable supplier status.
C. high switching costs.
D. favorable quality status.
E. complementary products

By changing its recipe, a smoothie chain is reacting to a change in the environment. while it is important to be able to quickly adapt, it is also important to take a proactive approach to changes in the marketing environment. implementing a proactive approach requires constantly scanning and analyzing the environment so that changes do not come as a surprise. the statements below are findings from environmental scanning and analysis. select the marketing environment force that best describes each of the statements listed.

To assess the risk and return involved in a purchase decision, which practical questions should a potential buyer ask? select three options. what can go wrong? what are the alternatives? how will it affect my status in society? what is the likely return? is the risk worth the return?

In march 2012, the state of california started requiring that all packaging for food and drink with the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-mi) be clearly labeled with a cancer warning. because of this, both pepsi and coke changed their formula to eliminate 4-mi as an ingredient. if pepsi and coke did not change their formula, holding all else constant, what would have happened to the demand for these goods, assuming pepsi and coke were in a competitive market? a. the demand curve for both pepsi and coke would have shifted to the right, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for the companies to fall. b. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have remained unchanged, but the price of both products would have decreased and the profits for the companies would have fallen. c. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have decreased, but the prices and profits would not have changed. d. the demand curve for only one of them would change because pepsi and coke are substitutes. e. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have shifted to the left, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for both companies to fall.