GBA 699-40 HW 8
Which of these job recruitment sites is not a job listing aggregator?
CareerBuilder
Which of the following is an on-demand service company focused on lodging?
Airbnb
Which of the following is not an example of a virtual merchant?
Dell
Which of the following is not true about on-demand service firms?
On-demand service firms are a totally new phenomenon without precedent in the history of e-commerce.
Bookings Holdings owns all of the following except:
Orbitz.
Which of the following is not a major trend in online retail for 2018-2019?
The number of online buyers begins to plateau.
Which of the following statements is not true?
The online travel services sector is one of the few in which extensive disintermediation has occurred.
Which of the following is not a digitally native vertical brand?
Wayfair
What is the largest sector of the online travel services market in terms of revenue?
airline reservations
In 2018, approximately what percentage of Internet users over the age of 14 made a purchase at an online retail store?
almost 80%
Which of the following occurs when retailers of products must compete on price and currency of inventory directly against the manufacturer?
channel conflict
Which of the following categories generates the highest percentage of online retail revenue?
computers and electronics
Which of the following is not a major trend in the online recruitment services industry?
disintermediation
All of the following services require extensive personalization except:
financial services.
All of the following statements about Amazon are true except:
in 2016, Amazon purchased Jet.com, one of its discount competitors.
Which of the following is not one of the central challenges facing the online retail industry?
lack of physical store presence
The term supply-push refers to:
making products prior to orders being received based on estimated demand.
All of the following were parts of the vision during the early days of e-commerce except the belief that:
new, "first-mover" middlemen, with expertise in e-commerce, would force traditional intermediaries out of business.
All of the following are terms used to describe on-demand service companies except:
omni-channel commerce.
Which of the following has the second-highest share of online retail sales?
omni-channel merchants
Current liabilities are debts of the firm that will be due within:
one year.
Operating margin is defined as:
operating income or loss divided by net sales revenues
All of the following are strategic factors that pertain specifically to a firm and its related businesses except:
power of customers.
Service industry groups are categorized generally into two groups, those that provide transaction brokering and those that involve:
providing hands-on services.
Craigslist is most involved in which of the following online services market(s)?
real estate services and career services
The Internet has resulted in lower search costs, increased price comparison, and lower prices to consumers for which insurance product line?
term life insurance
All of the following statements about the online insurance industry are true except:
the Internet has lowered search costs, increased price comparison, and decreased prices to consumers for all forms of insurance.
All of the following statements about the MOTO sector are true except:
the MOTO sector is also referred to as the specialty store sector.
Which of the following is not categorized as an operating expense?
the cost of products being sold
For a quick check of a firm's short-term financial health, examine its:
working capital.
