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CloudCart serves health-conscious consumers while cutting delivery times; the case evidence includes cash inflow of ?5,625, sales of 290 units, and a 10% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Explain outsourcing and external growth through mergers and takeovers?

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Topic

Expanding a business

Question

  1. A. Use outsourcing, takeovers, mergers to judge gross profit margin, local community impact, and the business objective in Methods of expansion.
  2. B. Give only a definition of Expanding a business without using the case evidence.
  3. C. Treat fixed and variable costs as identical and ignore the effect on local community.
  4. D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.

Answer

The correct option is: Use outsourcing, takeovers, mergers to judge gross profit margin, local community impact, and the business objective in Methods of expansion.

Explanation

This is the best-supported choice because Use outsourcing, takeovers, mergers to judge gross profit margin, local community impact, and the business objective in Methods of expansion. The case evidence gives ?7,125, 290 units, and 10%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse fixed and variable costs, miss the local community, or ignore the business objective.

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