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Which of the following is NOT one of the three foundations of pricing? 

“Buy three shock absorbers and get the fourth free,” as advertised by an auto repair shop, is an example of _____ pricing.

A skimming pricing strategy is more commonly used by firms to:

A company will never sell a product below the production costs.

Deena operates a coffee shop located near the university campus.  Her major competitor is Kaprice’s Coffee on the corner across the street from Deena’s Café.  Recently, Deena decided to raise the price of all the products she sells.  Since they are close competitors with Deena’s Café, Kaprice’s can most likely experience:

It is interesting that gasoline stations near one another normally have the very same price – down to the tenth of a cent a gallon!  From a strategic pricing perspective, we can conclude gasoline stations tend to use a:

What is ethnoarchaeology? How is ethnoarchaeological research conducted? What is the goal of ethnoarchaeological research? Give an example of an ethnoarchaeology study.

In Meyerhoff’s method for calculating the ultimate bearing capacity, the effective width of the foundation, B′, is determined by subtracting twice the eccentricity from the original width B.

In Meyerhoff’s two-way eccentricity case, if the ratio eL/L is greater than or equal to 1/6, the effective area A′ is calculated as A′=1/2B′L′.

What is the purpose of determining the effective width B′ and effective length L′ of a foundation under an eccentric load?