Msi is considering eliminating a product from its toddletown tours collection. this collection is aimed at children one to three years of age and includes "tours" of a hypothetical town. two products, the pet store parade and the grocery getaway, have impressive sales. however, sales for the third cd in the collection, the post office polka, have lagged the others. several other cds are planned for this collection, but none is ready for production.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.