There was a fashionable trend towards "virtual companies" in recent years, who make the largest profits in a value chain by co-ordinating all the other aspects. The risk with this plan is
A) a virtual company has little control, so suppliers may collude to drive prices up.
B) such a company may find it loses the ability to understand the industry it is in.
C) a group of suppliers and/or customers may decide to co-ordinate themselves, and isolate the virtual company.
D) b and c.
Correct Answer:
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