Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Learning Objectives
Cost-based pricing
Pricing
strategies Value-based pricing
Competitive -based
pricing
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Break-Even Pricing
• Break-even chart for determining target profit price and
break-even volume
The total revenue and total cost curves cross at 30,000 units. This is the break-even volume. At
$20, the company must sell at least 30,000 units to break even; that is, for total revenue to cover
total cost. Break-even volume can be calculated using the following formula:
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Value-Based versus Cost-Based Pricing
Pure Monopolistic
competition competition
Oligopolistic Pure
competition monopoly
Price is an important
competitive tool for DirecTV
and other cable providers.
Economy
Market-penetration pricing
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New Product Pricing Strategies
• Market-skimming pricing
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Product Mix Pricing Strategies
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Price Adjustment Strategies
Uniform-
FOB-origin
delivered Zone pricing
pricing
pricing
Freight-
Basing-point
absorption
pricing
pricing