Scenario 13.16 Consider the Pricing Game Below

question 121

Multiple Choice

Scenario 13.16
Consider the pricing game below:
-Refer to Scenario 13.16.If Gooi can move first,and Ici wants to realize the ($150,$300) payoff,

• A)all it has to do is threaten to buy yogurt machines,no matter what Gooi does.
• B)it could make its threat credible by rearranging its physical plant so that the installation of gelato machines would bring in profit less than $50.
• C)it could make its threat credible by rearranging its physical plant so that the installation of gelato machines would bring in profit less than $150.
• D)it could make its threat credible by rearranging its physical plant so that the installation of gelato machines would bring in profit less than $300.
• E)it has to move before Gooi; there is no other way.

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