There are four major types of competition that we discussed in class. Please identify them and explain each of them briefly (7 points) and then for your current employer or future employer (if none, please feel free to make one), who are the competitors for each type of competitors and why? (5 points) Please be specific.

Management of the marketing channel frequently involves all of the following except:

In a recession, intermediaries are at greatest risk if:

Between 1948 and 2002 for retail establishments:

A well designed and managed marketing channel:

Which of the following is a true statement about Internet-based channels?

To ensure that ethics and social responsibility are thoroughly incorporated into the firm’s strategic planning process, the firm’s _________ should never be silent about ethical requirements and social responsibility.

_______________ is the tem most commonly used to describe interconnectedness and interdependencies of countries around the world.

______________ refers to something that can be acquired via exchange to satisfy a need or a want of consumers. 

Which of the following is (are) the characteristics of discontinuous objectives?