A Major Purpose of Marketing Cost Analysis Is To

question 79

Multiple Choice

A major purpose of marketing cost analysis is to:

• A) determine which costs are fixed and which are variable.
• B) avoid the pitfalls of the full-cost approach to allocating costs.
• C) divide costs into natural accounts.
• D) show the marketing manager where costs occur in relation to serving particular customers.
• E) avoid the pitfalls of the contribution-margin approach to allocating costs.

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