During the early days of business growth, many sold or bartered products from their homes in what became known as ________.
A. service industries
B. cottage industries
C. customer-focused organizations
D. outsourcing organizations
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Arika is following the three-part plan to write a claim message about a problem with her digital communication service bundle. What should she put in her opening?
A) A clear description of the desired action B) An explanation of the nature of her problem with the digital communication service bundle C) A goodwill statement and end date D) Her phone number
When most of the products a firm produces have the same peak demand season, in order to meet predictable variability with inventory, it must
A) use common components across multiple products. B) use a seasonal workforce. C) build inventory of high demand or predictable demand products. D) use subcontracting.
In which of the following ways may staffing practices change in response to benefit cost controls?
A. Increasing the number of full-time workers B. Increasing benefit costs per hour by having employees work more hours with fixed benefit costs C. Classifying employees as contractors rather than employees D. Paying temporary workers for time not spent working E. Rehiring previously laid off employees
Emerging sociocultural changes in the environment include
A. changes in the ethnic composition. B. the increasing educational attainment of women in the past decade. C. changes in the geographic distribution of the population. D. progressively less disposable income by consumers.