Pressures to 'Reduce Costs' Require That

question 14

Multiple Choice

Pressures to 'reduce costs' require that

• A) a company should not trade idiosyncratic preferences in product features for higher economic returns.
• B) a company must pursue what is economically beneficial to the company including maximizing economies of scale and learning curve effects.
• C) the manager should follow a multidomestic strategy to maximize the economic benefits to the company.
• D) the company needs to supplement the local foreign economy in a manner specified by the local government.

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

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