[問題]大全16-16

[loser]

16. The recent upheaval in the office-equipment retail business, in which many small firms have gone out of business, has been attributed to the advent of office equipment “superstores” whose high sales volume keeps their prices low. This analysis is flawed, however, since even today the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken
the argument that the analysis is flawed?
(A) Most of the larger customers for office
equipment purchase under contract directly
from manufacturers and thus do not participate
in the retail market.
(B) The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low
prices has forced prices down throughout the
retail market for office supplies.
(C) Some of the superstores that only recently
opened have themselves gone out of business.
(D) Most of the office equipment superstores are
owned by large retailing chains that also own
stores selling other types of goods.
(E) The growing importance of computers in most
offices has changed the kind of office
equipment retailers must stock.

ANS: B
想請教這題思路.
analysis: advent=>Q增加P減少=>small不見
B choice:advertising=>P減少
問題若要weaken analysis flawed.那不就是要我們支持analysis不然就是找S能control large share in retail market(choice A)嗎?我想不透為何B說的advertising可以weaken analysis flawed.我覺得B是他因weaken了analysis.謝謝!!

[Pufa]

大公司雖然佔了小部分的市場，但是價錢低(假設價錢為p1)，再加上猛打廣告弄壞市場的行情，使市場價格變成p1或趨近於p1。

小公司雖然佔了大部分的市場，但是他們的價格較高(假設為p2，p2>p1)，大公司把市場價格搞成p1時，自然有些小公司不能吸收損失而退出市場。

A是無關選項，這裡只談到零售市場裡的公司，沒有談到製造商。

[loser]

謝謝P大

[acharlie]

16. The recent upheaval in the office-equipment retail business, in which many small firms have gone out of business, has been attributed to the advent of office equipment “superstores” whose high sales volume keeps their prices low. This analysis is flawed, however, since even today the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken
the argument that the analysis is flawed?
(A) Most of the larger customers for office
equipment purchase under contract directly
from manufacturers and thus do not participate
in the retail market.
(B) The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low
prices has forced prices down throughout the
retail market for office supplies.
(C) Some of the superstores that only recently
opened have themselves gone out of business.
(D) Most of the office equipment superstores are
owned by large retailing chains that also own
stores selling other types of goods.
(E) The growing importance of computers in most
offices has changed the kind of office
equipment retailers must stock.

ANS: B
想請教這題思路.
analysis: advent=>Q增加P減少=>small不見
B choice:advertising=>P減少
問題若要weaken analysis flawed.那不就是要我們支持analysis不然就是找S能control large share in retail market(choice A)嗎?我想不透為何B說的advertising可以weaken analysis flawed.我覺得B是他因weaken了analysis.謝謝!!

抱歉
我覺得是說小廠商因為superstores 賣的量太多價格太低,使得小廠商沒辦法繼續經營下去
題目問說 這樣的論點是有缺陷的 因為superstores只佔市場中的一小部分
有否定這個缺陷 就應該是找到個理由是說
"的確小廠商因為superstores價格太低使得他沒無法繼續經營下去"
所以B的答案就說因為superstores持續打廣告的關係
使得在office supply的零售商中價格很低
否定了這個論點的缺點
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繼續討論

[dibert8]

(B) 弱化量大低價的分析(因為廣告低價,不是因為量大),看起來像是支持這個分析是瑕疵的(i.e.幫忙解釋為什麼分析有瑕疵),題目不是要弱化 "這個分析是瑕疵的" 嗎?
我的理解是 superstores 市佔率低是個事實,無庸置疑.如果能支持量大低價的說法,就可以弱化"這個分析是瑕疵的".
(D) superstores 是大型零售連鎖店旗下的分支,大型零售連鎖店也賣其他東西;解釋了雖然 superstores 市佔率低,但仍具有相對量大低價的優勢.因為 office-equipment 只是大型零售連鎖店賣的一部份商品,自然只佔所有零售商品市場的一小部份.
(A) 不選的原因在於 larger customers do not participate
in the retail market ; 題目講的是零售市場,所以範圍錯誤.
(C) 有些 superstores 倒閉跟題目的弱化沒有關聯
(E) 沒有講電腦控制存貨跟價格的關係

我覺得應該選 (D) 也!