Pine River Equipment Has Developed a Distinctly New Product That

question 75

Multiple Choice

Pine River Equipment has developed a distinctly new product that offers considerable promise. By exploiting the experience effect, management believes that there are opportunities for a substantial reduction in production costs as volume expands. While the market is quite large, there is a strong threat of imminent competition. The firm should likely use:

• A)product differentiation.
• B)a skimming approach to pricing.
• C)a penetration approach to pricing.
• D)a bid price policy.
• E)a life cycle costing pricing policy.

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