For a Number of Years, General Motors Used a Pricing

question 29

Essay

For a number of years, General Motors used a pricing strategy designed to maintain at least 40 percent of the American car market.Does this strategy suggest that GM was maximizing profits or pursuing an alternative strategy?

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