15 Aug Transportation Pricing Strategies
Text Book - Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective, 8th Edition
Chapter 3 - TRANSPORTATION REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
In 4-5 pages, list and discuss:
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What is cost-of-service pricing? What is the relationship between value-of-service pricing and cost-of-service pricing?
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What is a released value rate and how does its use affect a shipper’s transportation costs?
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What are the major forces that affect carrier pricing strategies?
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How might pricing strategies differ among carriers in competitive markets, oligopolistic markets, and monopolistic markets?
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Why were tariffs created? Are they still useful in today’s transportation environment?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
- Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
- Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
- Include cover page and reference page.
- At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
- No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
- Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
- Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
