Package delivery company UPS uses distinctive brown trucks that have become almost an icon. Explain why such physical facilities are important for UPS while it provides package delivery services

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Services are intangible. But when they are given a tangibility by using physical facilities, equipment, personnel, or communication material, customers find it easier to determine the service quality and distinguish the services of one firm from that of its competitor. Thus, UPS's trucks help the company differentiate its services from its competitors'.

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A. without coaching, each separately located member is likely to work independently. B. team members need coaching to cross cultural barriers. C. with high levels of diversity, team members who don't know each other are likely to expect poor performance. D. global teams are challenged with diversity, which leads to innovation.

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A. $6,000. B. $3,000. C. $0. D. $2,400.

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