To Maintain Market Share and Revenue in an Increasingly Price-Sensitive

question 172

Multiple Choice

To maintain market share and revenue in an increasingly price-sensitive market, companies have focused on quality, used labor-saving technologies, and used efficient manufacturing processes. These tactics have provided gains in productivity that have translated into ____ for the consumer.

• A) higher costs for the company and higher prices
• B) higher costs for the company and lower prices
• C) lower costs for the company and lower prices
• D) lower costs for the company and higher prices
• E) no change in the costs for either the company or

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Definitions:

Production Function

A mathematical model describing the relationship between the inputs used in production and the resulting output of goods or services.

Returns To Scale

The change in output as a result of a proportional change in all input factors in the production process.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from the use of one more unit of a production factor, holding other factors constant.

Factor X

An unspecified or unknown factor that can influence outcomes in an economic model or analysis.