Tammi Sloane, Owner of a Licensed Supplier of Advanced Self-Driving

Multiple Choice

Tammi Sloane, owner of a licensed supplier of advanced self-driving vehicle technology, independently influences her company's business environment. Determine which action below is not among the ways that Tammi independently influences her business environment.

A) by encouraging elected officials to pass regulations that favor her business (political action)
B) by suing firms who are not licensed to sell her equipment when they attempt to do so (legal action)
C) by sponsoring national sporting events (public relations)
D) by joining a task force with others in her industry to seek lower-cost raw materials (coalition)
E) by stressing benefits of her technology against those of her competitors through comparative advertising (competitive aggression)