_________ is the ability of companies to use flexible manufacturing technology to achieve product customization at low cost.

单项选择题__________ is the trade of goods and services for other goods and services via a whole range of barter-like agreements.

单项选择题________ emphasizes personal selling to potential customers rather than mass media advertising.

单项选择题Even the best continually seek ways to （）their skills.

A.sharp
B.sharpener
C.sharpen

单项选择题________ happens when a firm builds a plant in a country and agrees to take a certain percentage of the plant’s output as partial payment of the contract.

单项选择题_________ is logistics systems designed to deliver parts to a production process as they are needed, not before.

单项选择题Learning effects are cost savings that come from ____________.

单项选择题Controls are the metrics used to measure the__________ and make judgements about how well managers are running them.

单项选择题Franchising is a specialized form. of_________ in which the franchiser not only sells intangible property (normally a trademark) to the franchisee, but it also insists that the franchisee agree to abide by strict rules as to how it does business.

单项选择题Turnkey Project is a project in which a firm agrees to set up an operating plant for a foreign client and hand over the “________” when the plant is fully operational.

单项选择题_________ aims at giving a company a competitive advantage over its rivals.