A competitvely valuable strategic fit is not derived from:

A. sharing other resources that support corresponding value chain activities of the businesses, such as relationships with suppliers or a dealer network
B. transferring specialized expertise, technological know-how, or other competitively valuable capabilities from one business's value chain to another's value chain.
C. restricting cross-business linkages among value chain activities.
D. Expoiting common use of a well-known brand name
E. combining related value chain activities of separate businesses into a single operation to achieve lower costs.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?