________ involves thinking ahead in the design stage to create products that are easier to reuse, recycle, or recover

According to Porter, the nature of the interaction between potential industry entrants, buyers, substitute products, suppliers, and rival firms determines:

A) whether or not the government will launch an antitrust investigation. B) the industry's profit potential in terms of long-run return on invested capital. C) whether a country can generate a balance of payments surplus. D) whether a country can create a comparative advantage in the production of differentiated products. E) whether a country can generate income by innovation.

A single automatic car wash with one bay and a cycle time of 2.5 minutes is what type of model?

A) M/M/1 B) M/M/2 C) M/D/2 D) M/D/1 E) M/G/1