GMATPrep T2-Q15-CR

[kaijen]

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Some airlines allegedly reduce fares on certain routes to a level at which they lose money, in order to drive competitors off those routes. However, this method of eliminating competition cannot be profitable in the long run. Once an airline successfully implements this method, any attempt to recoup the earlier losses by charging high fares on that route for an extended period would only provide competitors with a better opportunity to undercut the airline's fares.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) In some countries it is not illegal for a company to drive away competitors by selling a product below cost.
(B) Airline executives generally believe that a company that once underpriced its fares to drive away competitors is very likely to do so again if new competitors emerge.
(C) As part of promotions designed to attract new customers, airlines sometimes reduce their ticket prices to below an economically sustainable level.
(D) On deciding to stop serving particular routes, most airlines shift resources to other routes rather than reduce the size of their operations.
(E) When airlines dramatically reduce their fares on a particular route, the total number of air passengers on that route increases greatly.


Ans: (B)
I choose (D)

題幹: 效價競爭是無法獲利的 即使可以搶回顧客 一旦之後想收回損失把低價的商品價格調高回來只是給對手機會進行更激進的削價競爭 找weaken
(A)低於成本求售而爭奪客源的合法性無關
(C)銷售策略是以低於成本價求售 重複題意
(E)價價求售會使顧客增加 無關 重複題意
我選D 公司資源配置已轉在其他路線 因此對手進行更激烈削價手段時不會影響原公司的獲利
不懂為什麼(B)是答案 (B)是說公司的執行長本來就預測到對手會進行更激烈的削價競爭嗎?

[plilo]

題幹：一些航空公司為了把競爭對手趕出去，採用削價競爭這個方法，一旦方法成功，如果提高票價，只是提供機會讓競爭對手削價競爭
結論：這個方法長期是無法獲利的

問題：找weaken

(B)航空公司高層認為一家曾經採用過這種方式的航空公司(ex. A航空)，在遇到新的競爭對手出現時，很有可能會再用這種方式
→我認為這裡的航空公司高層指的是新的競爭對手，他們在考慮要不要進入這個市場，如果他們以削價進入市場，A航空 很有可能也會跟他們削價競爭，不會有獲利空間，所以可能會選擇不進入市場，對 A航空 而言長期就有獲利空間

(D)在決定停止某航線服務，大部分的航空公司會把資源移到其他航線，而不是縮減營運大小
→這應該是無關選項

[kaijen]

(B) Airline executives generally believe that a company that once underpriced its fares to drive away competitors is very likely to do so again if new competitors emerge.

因此這個選項應該是
airline executives--> competitors
a company-->the company that implements this method
競爭對手會對削價競爭持保留態度 所以原公司長期還是可以獲利

應該是這樣吧
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