Problem in the Interstate Trucking Industry Is the Number of Trucks

question 348

Multiple Choice

problem in the interstate trucking industry is the number of trucks that return empty after making a delivery.There is a website where independent interstate truckers can look for loads to carry on their return trips.Because the trucks would normally return empty,truckers who use this website to generate business they would not have had otherwise,receive a reduced shipping rate.This reduced rate is an example of

• A) penetration pricing.
• B) target pricing.
• C) cost-plus pricing.
• D) odd-even pricing.
• E) yield management pricing.

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