Which type of vertical marketing system (VMS) gives an organization more control over both supply sources and resale of its products, while at the same time increasing the organization's capital investment and its fixed costs?

Which of the following best explains why the Japanese firm Canon relocated much of its production to China?

A) low-cost financial capital B) low-cost labor C) access to raw materials D) lack of skilled managerial talent in home country

Individuals and households frequently purchase capital market securities through financial institutions such as

A) mutual funds. B) pension funds. C) money market mutual funds. D) all of the above. E) only A and B of the above.