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armygirl

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Before the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and before German reunification, Volkswagen sold 10,000 cars to East Germany and agreed to purchase, over a period of two years, goods for the value of the automobiles, from a list of goods provided by the East German government. What type of countertrade does this example describe?
 a. Clearing agreement c. Offset purchase
  b. Counterpurchase d. Buyback agreement

Question 2

A discontinuous innovation is defined as:
 A) a product that pushes all similar products out of the market.
  B) a product that disrupts consumers' lives.
  C) a product that disrupts a firm's marketing operations.
  D) a product that is so new that we have never known anything like it before.
  E) a product that has new social meanings carried by its use and ownership.


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CharlieArnold

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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
This is an example of counterpurchase, which involves two exchanges that are paid for in cash, and two parallel contracts.

Answer to Question 2

D


armygirl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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