Pricing Strategy Competition is a serious business and sometimes fierce. The stakes are high. Unless the firm has a monopoly, pricing is one area that may be intensely competitive, and not all competition is fair or legal. When considering pricing strategy, the international business manager must be aware of the strategies of other firms when setting the firm's own strategy.
Pricing is an important part of the marketing mix. Firms must look at charging different prices in different markets, pricing as a competitive weapon, and the regulatory factors including government control and antidumping regulations. As managers set prices under the strategy, they must be aware of many different dynamics. All will affect the design and implementation of a pricing strategy.
Determine if it is a consideration of price discrimination, strategic pricing, or regulatory influence.

1. Predatory pricing
2. Competition policy
3. Antidumping regulations
4. Multipoint pricing
5. Experience curve pricing
6. Price elasticity of demand
7. National markets separate

Consider 8.5 percent swiss franc/u. s. dollar dual-currency bonds that pay $666.67 at maturity per sf1,000 of par value. it sells at par. what is the implicit sf/$ exchange rate at maturity? will the investor be better or worse off at maturity if the actual sf/$ exchange rate is sf1.35/$1.00

Cardinal company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. the company’s discount rate is 14%. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows: sales $2,867,000 variable expenses 1,125,000 contribution margin 1,742,000 fixed expenses: advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $706,000 depreciation 465,000 total fixed expenses 1,171,000 net operating income $571,000 1. which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) (a)sales (b)variable expenses (c) advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses (d) depreciation expense 2. what are the project’s annual net cash inflows? 3.what is the present value of the project’s annual net cash inflows? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 4.what is the present value of the equipment’s salvage value at the end of five years? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 5.what is the project’s net present value? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Suppose that electricity producers create a negative externality equal to $5 per unit. further suppose that the government imposes a $5 per-unit tax on the producers. what is the relationship between the after-tax equilibrium quantity and the socially optimal quantity of electricity to be produced?