Case Study

Evaluating a Marketing Budget Allocation

A marketing manager is allocating a fixed budget between two advertising channels: online ads (represented on the horizontal axis) and radio ads (on the vertical axis). The manager's current allocation is affordable and uses the entire budget. At this specific allocation, the manager determines that they are personally willing to give up 500 radio ad impressions to gain an additional 1,000 online ad impressions. However, based on market prices, they would actually have to give up 1,000 radio ad impressions to afford those 1,000 additional online ad impressions. Based on this information, evaluate the manager's current budget allocation. Is it optimal? Explain your reasoning and suggest how the manager should reallocate the budget to achieve a better outcome.

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Updated 2025-10-04

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