A New Product Should Be Introduced If Its Profit Contribution

question 38

Multiple Choice

A new product should be introduced if its profit contribution:

• A) exceeds the shadow price of each resource needed to produce it.
• B) is less than the opportunity cost of producing it.
• C) exceeds the total value of the resources used, valued at their respective shadow prices.
• D) is greater than zero.
• E) is greater than the profit contributions of the other goods produced by the firm.

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