Koji Incorporated produces high-end cameras. Its typical camera comes with an array of options. The company has
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Koji Incorporated produces high-end cameras. Its typical camera comes with an array of options. The company has a good brand name.
a. Koji distributes its cameras through independent dealers who are given exclusive distribution rights for their respective market areas. Discuss why it might make economic sense for Koji to grant its distributors exclusive territories.
b. Since Koji adopted this distribution system, it has experienced a double markup problem. What is a double markup problem?
c. Discuss how Koji might use a two-part pricing scheme to reduce the double markup problem. (Be sure to specify what the two-part pricing scheme would entail.)
d. Describe one other method that Koji might use to address the double markup problem.
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Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture
ISBN: 978-0073375823
5th edition
Authors: James Brickley, Jerold Zimmerman, Clifford W. Smith Jr