of its customers, it can use one of the following pricing techniques: ➤ With delayed quotation pricing, the company does not set a final price until the product is finished or delivered. This is prevalent in industries with long production lead times. ➤ With escalator clauses, the company requires the customer to pay today’s price and all or part of any inflation increase that occurs before delivery, based on some specified price index. Such clauses are found in many contracts involving…