A.
Transfer Pricing:
This refers to a process of pricing in which one sub-unit of an organization charges a price to another sub-unit for supplying a product or service to the sub-unit of the same organization.
Goal Congruence:
The goal congruence refers to the similarity of set goals in the main part of a company and the sub-units of it. When goal congruency is maintained, it is easy to achieve the goals.
The minimum price at which the airbag division would sell airbags to the V division.
B.
To explain: The transfer pricing policy using the criteria of goal congruence, valuating division performance, motivating management effort and preserving division autonomy.
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The range of possible transfer price and the evaluation of this negotiated transfer price using the criteria of goal congruence, division performance, motivating management effort and division autonomy.
D.
To explain: The resulting transfer price for airbags.
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