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Which one of the following is a document issued by a buyer to conduct an initial assessment of the suitability of a potential supplier for possible future use, either for a specific requirement or to add to a list of approved suppliers?
Pre-qualification QUESTION NO :naire is the correct answer.
A supplier quotation comes from the supplier side; both the RFQ and the ITT are intended to be more formally binding, including the price element, than what is described here.
Which one of the following is a commercial document issued by a seller seeking payment for goods or services?
This should be straightforward.
If unclear, check your notes / textbook.
The y-axis of the Product Life Cycle could properly show the following (select all that apply):
The vertical axis (the y-axis) of the product life cycle diagram could correctly show all three, and might commonly show losses and / or investment in the early stage(s).
Thinking of Michael Porter's Industry Structure Analysis (commonly referred to as Five Forces Analysis), the content of the centre circle is about:
Competitive rivalry within an industry.
This can be quite an important point, and why I have such a dislike of the less formal title for the model - the model is about entire industries, not just about a single firm - this is commonly misun-derstood by students (and sadly, some tutors) - and the original Porter title - 'Industry Structure Analysis' - helps us understand that, I think. I find this tool of analysis to be very helpful in under-standing behaviour within sectors, despite criticism of the model and its age from some commenta-tors
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The primary purpose of a public sector organisation is to:
The correct answer is to provide services. However, some other secondary factors may come into play. For example, some public sector organisations may be encouraged to boost national prestige eg airports, airlines; or they may be used as job creation schemes.
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