Bubble-up, inc., is a small manufacturer of educational toys for children under age 10. it has co-existed with three other competitors in the educational toy industry for over 20 years, each of them maintaining a stable market share. there is a widespread rumor that mega-toy, inc., the market leader in the broad children's toy market, has decided to target educational toys. which of the following statements is most likely true?
a. the owners of bubble-up are unconcerned about mega-toy's entry to the market because of the resource dissimilarity between the firms.
b. bubble-up's greater organizational slack will allow it to aggressively attack mega-toy.
c. bubble-up's smaller size may make it more flexible in introducing innovations than mega-toy.
d. competitive rivalry will not increase for bubble-up because mega-toy is not dependent on the educational toy market.

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

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Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented