The freedom-to-________ doctrine states that parties who are legally competent are allowed to enter into whatever contracts they wish

Gilbert, an HR manager at MaxNet Inc., hires 50 employees in five months. He has used different sources of recruitment to recruit these employees. He desires to determine the success rate of the recruitment sources. Gilbert must use the ________ to achieve his objective.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Although Daimler AG's newest plant is in Alabama, most Mercedes are still German built. This is an example of Daimler AG's ________

A) distinctive competence B) scope of operations C) resource deployment D) synergy