OG6: Company Alpha buys free-travel coupons from people sho are awarded the coupons by Bravo Airlines for flying frequently on Bravo airplanes. The coupons are sold to people who pay lesss for the coupons that they would pay by purchasing tickets from Bravo. This marketing of compons results in lost revenue for Bravo.
To discourage the buying and selling of free-travel coupons, it would be best for Bravo Airlines to restrict the--------------
I think to deal with such sort of question, we should focus on the contradiction of the problem...we should understand what the problem is and use the strategy that can rightly solve or conciliate the problem or contradiction...Above all, I think reading ability is the most important factor to deal with such problems...if the question is in Chinese, I believe we could finish it more easily... good luck!
I think the ultimate thing these problems want to test you is still your ability to find out the reasons underlying underneath the seemingly complex problems.
For example, in the problem carefield put here, why company B will lose revene if company A sells its coupon to those who want to buy airline tickets? Because by doing this, the travellers will pay less money than they would if there are no these coupons. They will have to buy airline tickets directly from company B, thus contribute to the revenue of company B. The promise to do so is that they CAN use these coupons. So, to guarantee its revenue, company B has to restrict that these coupons cannot be used by others except their direct owner.
以下是引用kethy在2003-7-10 8:09:00的发言: I think the ultimate thing these problems want to test you is still your ability to find out the reasons underlying underneath the seemingly complex problems.
说得有道理, 能不能再说说如何看出." underlying underneath the seemingly complex problems. "