Life-Cycle Cost Management Is Particularly Important for Firms That Have

question 88

Multiple Choice

Life-cycle cost management is particularly important for firms that have

• A)short life cycles because those firms have less opportunity to take advantage of the time value of money.
• B)long life cycles because those firms have more opportunity to take advantage of the time value of money.
• C)long life cycles because those firms have more opportunity to enhance profit performance through product redesign or cost reduction.
• D)short life cycles because those firms have less opportunity to enhance profit performance through product redesign or cost reduction.

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