Maria is the owner of a small technology start-up. She shares clerical staff, copiers, and other business services with other small business owners. Maria is part of a(n) ______.

Which of the following is an example of an upward communication channel?

When using slides in a presentation, it is important to detail all the information that you intend to cover on each slide.

A car company determined that the power brake system in one of their car models was defective and that they would need to issue a safety recall notice to anyone who purchased that car model. Before the notice was issued, the company assembled a crisis management team to enact the ______ plan that they had developed.

Which of the four functions of management involves setting performance standards, measuring performance, comparing actual performance with standards, taking corrective action, and using the information gained to modify future performance standards?

Los Angeles-based ABC Telecom purchases cell phones manufactured in Asia and sells them in the United States. ABC is engaged in the international business known as ________.

Corporations have all of the following advantages EXCEPT ______.

Anderson Minerals is a small mining company that opened in 2017. By 2025, the firm was forced to close. The company had been continuously laying off employees since 2023. The decline in the availability of minerals in its region since 2023 contributed vastly to its downfall and reduced the need to inject new capital. Which of the following factors of production primarily caused the firm to end its operations?

All of the following are advantages of buying an existing business over starting a new business EXCEPT ______.

BMW and Toyota have agreed to develop a sports car together and cooperate in fuel-cell technology and powertrain electrification over the next 3 years. This is an example of ______.