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Licensing fixed or variable costs?

Fixed or Variable variable

Most recent answer on Jun 24, 2021

gave the best answer on Jun 23, 2021

Licensing are almost always fixed costs. Remember, variable costs are costs that increase x $ per unit produced. Having another employee license in a system does not mean I'm producing one more unit. Think of a licens ... (read entire answer)

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What would be a solution to a highly variable demand product that is impossible to forecast?

demand variable

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

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gave the best answer on Mar 16, 2018

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Just a quick thought: the decision whether to produce or abort this product would be contingent on two notions: 1. The capacity to flexibly react to demand fluctuations (i.e., close to zero set-up cost for production ... (read entire answer)

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