deliver £750 m in savings for Lidl, but it is valueless to any other company. SAP needs to make an investment of £300 m to develop the system. They strike an initial agreement that will eventually make Lidl pay £500 m for the system. However, after the project is completed by SAP, Lidl seek to back out from the deal citing the pandemic as a reason. It insists that it will pay only £200 m for the system or the whole deal is off. What is

deliver £750 m in savings for Lidl, but it is valueless to any other company. SAP needs to make an investment of £300 m to develop the system. They strike an initial agreement that will eventually make Lidl pay £500 m for the system. However, after the project is completed by SAP, Lidl seek to back out from the deal citing the pandemic as a reason. It insists that it will pay only £200 m for the system or the whole deal is off. What is

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