Carlos owns a chain of retail electronic stores. he is evaluating how he allocates his firm’s imc budget. he receives offers from a variety of advertising media, spends money on his firm’s public relations efforts, and is considering electronic media alternatives. carl must recognize that each imc alternative
a. is dictated by the nature of the supply chain.
b. is part of the whole.
c. will stand on its own.
d. is part of noncommercial free speech.
e. doesn’t communicate value to the consumer.

For example, the upper right cell shows that if expresso advertises and beantown doesn't advertise, expresso will make a profit of $15 million, and beantown will make a profit of $2 million. assume this is a simultaneous game and that expresso and beantown are both profit-maximizing firms. if expresso decides to advertise, it will earn a profit of $ million if beantown advertises and a profit of $ million if beantown does not advertise. if expresso decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit of $ million if beantown advertises and a profit of $ million if beantown does not advertise. if beantown advertises, expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses . if beantown doesn't advertise, expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses . suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms act independently, what strategies will they end up choosing? expresso will choose to advertise and beantown will choose not to advertise. expresso will choose not to advertise and beantown will choose to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise.