The management department at a local university began posting all assignments and other class materials to a course management website instead of creating a packet or printed materials for students to purchase each term. The management department is implementing a ______ innovation.

A. process
B. product
C. policy
D. breakthrough
E. reactive


A. process

A process innovation is a change in the way a product or service is conceived, manufactured, or disseminated. Here, the university changed the way class materials are delivered.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. $200. b. $400. c. $600. d. $800.

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When determining how frequently to call a customer, a salesperson should primarily base the decision on the relationship between sales volume and sales calls, which is known as the:

A. prospecting component. B. response function. C. account penetration. D. opportunity cost. E. sales investment factor.

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