Complete the text below with the appropriate form of the present simple or continuous. Will the Corporation survive?

Since the corporation was invented it has been widely accepted that bringing activities together into one large company (] lower)__lowers 'transactional' and communication costs, and that suppliers and manufacturers (2have) market power due to their knowledge of markets. However, nowadays the internet (3eliminate)the physical costs of communication. As a result it (4 become)more profitable to outsource manyactivities. Power (5shift) to the customer who could be either another business or the end-user. All this raises two burning questions. Firstly, (6 it / mean) that the supplier will no longer be the seller but become the buyer for the customer? Secondly, (7 diversification / change) the structure of companies? The answer to both questions at the moment is yes for many business sectors. Some of the US's largest pharmaceutical companies (8not / manufacture) drugs themselves anymore. During this transition period, they (9 wholesale) every other kind of pharmacy product as well. At the annual conference for managers in the pharmaceutical sector, which (10take place) next month, the main topic will surely be what to outsource to smaller companies next.