An approach in which the company under-costs it's one product and over-costs at least one product is classified as __________?
Correct answer: D. product-cost cross subsidizing
- A. service-cost across subsidizing
- B. product-price cross subsidizing
- C. product cross subsidizing
- D. product-cost cross subsidizing
Explanation
Product-cost cross-subsidising occurs when one product is undercosted and at least one other product is overcosted. The overcosted products effectively bear costs that belong to the undercosted product.
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