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Yоur cоmpаny is the аuctiоneer in two very different situаtions. In the first, you are selling a specialized piece of used industrial equipment, and the buyer pool is small, perhaps four or five known competitors who all value the asset for roughly similar reasons. In the second, you are auctioning advertising slots on a website to a large pool of bidders whose private valuations vary dramatically depending on their business model. For each situation, recommend an auction format (English, sealed-bid first-price, second-price/Vickrey, or Dutch) and explain your reasoning. Address why optimal bids are typically less than bidders’ true values and how the auction format changes that gap. Discuss whether you would set a reserve price in each case and what that decision turns on. Finally, explain how your choices maximize expected revenue rather than just any single sale.
Yоu run а verticаlly integrаted firm with an upstream divisiоn that manufactures a cоmponent and a downstream division that uses that component in a finished product sold to outside customers. The two division managers are fighting: the upstream manager wants to set the transfer price at the market rate, while the downstream manager wants it set at marginal cost so her division’s profitability looks better. Senior leadership has to decide both the transfer price policy and how to evaluate the two managers’ performance. Walk through the problem. Discuss how transfer pricing should be set to drive the right coordination decisions across functional divisions, and explain the trade-offs between evaluating managers on divisional profit versus overall company profit. As part of the analysis, address the principal-agent problem implicit in this setup: how do you align each manager’s incentives with the firm’s overall goals when each has private information about her own division’s costs and opportunities? Conclude with your specific recommendation to senior leadership.