So, U.S.-based multinationals that produce commodity-like items, things like petrochemicals or other basic materials, are not appealing right now because global demand is not robust and these companies do not have much in the way of pricing flexibility.
On the contrary, lack of pricing flexibility causes managements to focus even greater attention on operating efficiency.
Moreover, all telephone subsidiaries have been afforded some degree of pricing flexibility for products and services subject to competition.
The proliferation of new sunshine destinations, lack of flexibility on prices and, finally, the economic crisis have all played their part.
These would ensure the flexibility of wages, prices and labor agreements and guarantee convergence of competitiveness and living standards.
For example, the evaluation of demand response flexibility, the design of pricing incentive programs, etc. Case studies show that the proposed methodology will obtain comparable results with the sub-metering methods.
According to the publisher in each of those discussions, Apple, which has a reputation for setting unilateral terms, demonstrated some degree of flexibility around pricing, terms and custody of data.
The demand for their prosaic products far outstrips supply, giving monastic businesses the kind of pricing flexibility usually associated with dominant brands or patent protection.
Because of the greater flexibility of the Japanese price structure, deflation in Japan was unusually rapid in 1930 and 1931.
Unlike H.P. and Dell, Oracle will have the flexibility of altering the price of its software in deals where customers want bundles of computing products.
