Year Quarter Units 1 1 102 1 2 90 1 3 150 1 4 21 2 1 108 2 2 91 2 3 160 2 4 24 A three-period moving average forecast for the third quarter of the second year is:

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.