Jose's Pizza Parlor, Inc., acquired the Eastern Pizza Cheese Corporation (EPCC). EPCC is a wholesale distributor of the cheese used in the making of pizza pies. The acquisition created a: (A) Monopoly.
(B) Vertical merger.
(C) Conglomerate merger.
(D) Horizontal merger.

According to ceo heidi ganahl, camp bow wow requires a strong and consistent corporate culture to keep all local franchise owners "on the same page" and to follow a common template for the business and brand. this culture could become detrimental over time because: (a) strong consistent cultures are inflexible and incapable of adapting to environmental change (b) strong consistent cultures are too flexible and capable of adapting to environmental change (c) strong consistent cultures don’t perform well in any environment (d) the passing of time provides stability and predictability for businesses

Asupermarket has been experiencing long lines during peak periods of the day. the problem is noticeably worse on certain days of the week, and the peak periods are sometimes different according to the day of the week. there are usually enough workers on the job to open all cash registers. the problem is knowing when to call some of the workers stocking shelves up to the front to work the checkout counters. how might decision models the supermarket? what data would be needed to develop these models?

Which external factor has enabled addition of special effects in advertisements and tracking of responses of customers over websites?