What are the differences between publicity and advertising?
Advertising is controlled by the company, and publicity can be negative.
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What is a cartel?
When a group of businesses agree to at as a monopoly and do things such as price fix.
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What is a corporation legally speaking?
A corporation is its own legal individual, and thus has the same rights as an individual as well.
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What is market segmentation?
Market segmentation is strategy where the firm divides the population into groups of people who have relatively similar product needs.
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What are the two ways to set the base price for a product?
Price Skimming and Penetration Pricing .
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What does the World Trade Organization (WTO) do?
The WTO governs the rules of trade between nations. For example, it helps negotiate certain tariffs.
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What form of business organization has the most personal liability, and what form has the least.
A sole proprietorship has the most personal liability and a corporation has the least.
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Name three psychological variables that affect buying behavior.
Possible answers: Perception, Motivation, Learning, Attitude, and Personality.
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What is the difference between a push and a pull strategy.
A push strategy has the company encouraging intermediaries to make the products available to consumers. A pull strategy uses promotion to create demand.
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What does the International Monetary Fund (IMF) do?
The IMF eliminates trade barriers, promotes financial cooperation, and makes short-term loans to member nations.
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What is a leveraged buyout?
A leveraged buyout is where a group of investors borrows money from banks to purchase a company.