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ch12 Managemen Global
ch12 Managemen Global
Warren J. Keegan
Overview
Basic Pricing Concepts
Environmental Influences on Pricing Decisions
Global Pricing Objectives & Strategies
Gray Market Goods
Dumping
Transfer Pricing
Three Policy Alternatives
Summary
Inflationary Environment
Require periodic adjustments due to rising costs
Must maintain operating profits
LIFO – last in – first out is more appropriate
Extension/ethnocentric
Price is the same around the world
Importer absorbs freight & import duties
Adaptation/polycentric
Permits subsidiary to establish price
Invention/geocentric
Strikes and intermediate position
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Summary
Different approaches to price setting
Market Skimming
Penetration
Market Holding
Cost Plus Price Escalation
Gray Market: Unauthorized distributors
Dumping: selling products in international markets at
prices below those in the home country
Transfer Pricing: intracorporate exchanges