Jerzy wants to keep his overall costs down and to enter into the international marketplace slowly and carefully. he is considering the use of countertrade, where he would send his shoes to spain in return for high-quality spanish cowhides.
a. franchising
b. acquisition
c. joint venture
d. exporting

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

answer; risk transference;