Your company has just made the scientific breakthrough of the century. it has invented a tattoo cream that permanently removes unwanted tattoos. twelve applications of the skin cream solution results in smooth, tattoo-free skin without the need for costly plastic surgery. there are other products that claim that they eliminate tattoos, but they only conceal rather than remove tattoos. assume that the product has been positioned as a specialty good and that it is in the introduction stage of the product life cycle. as the product manager for tattoo skin solutions; what pricing strategy would you recommend to market your product?

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?