The measure of ones property depends upon

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1. The consumer products industry is one with several large competitors, soaring raw materials prices, and strong demands from powerful retailers for lower prices. As a result, Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever Group, the makers of products such as Colgate toothpaste and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, both reduced their earnings forecasts. Yet Procter & Gamble, another consumer products company, did not. At P & G, innovation is a key attribute, allowing the company to update all 200 of its brands and to invent products, such as Crest Whitestrips, that consumers crave. P & G has also used its marketing know-how to develop unique product placements on television shows that highlight its brands. A SWOT analysis of this information for P & G would indicate that the overall industry situation is a _____, whereas the invention taking place at P & G is a _____.

strength; weakness

weakness; threat

threat; strength

opportunity; threat

opportunity; strength

2. According to Locke, the measure of one’s property depends upon:

a) Defending it b) A title to the property c) How much he/she can fence in and therefore claim

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