Determining Whether a Company's Prices and Costs Are Competitive

question 82

Multiple Choice

Determining whether a company's prices and costs are competitive

• A)requires looking at the costs of a company's internally performed activities and the costs of its suppliers and forward channel allies (distributors/dealers).
• B)requires performing pricing surveys on at least a quarterly basis.
• C)involves developing close relationships with buyers to determine if the market is showing signs of increasing price sensitivity.
• D)typically involves the use of activity-based cost accounting by the company's key retail customers.
• E)is a technique to evaluate whether a capability or resource is valuable,rare,inimitable,or nonsubstitutable.

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Definitions:

Operating Activities

Activities that relate directly to the business's primary operations, like selling products or services, as opposed to investment or financing activities.

Accounts Receivable

Money owed to a company by its clients or customers for products or services sold on credit.

Depreciation

The systematic allocation of the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, reflecting the decrease in value due to wear and tear, age, or obsolescence.

Operating Activities

Transactions related to the primary, day-to-day business operations, such as the sale of goods and services.