Oracle ERP & Oracle customer care and billing approximate price

I am doing a research about Oracle as a company as part of my BSc study , so I want to know approximately how much does it cost an organization (the number of employees are 4000 employees )to buy
•     Oracle ERP systems license including the standard modules (financial, HCM, SCM ).
•     Oracle customer care and billing license.
Secondly; i need to knwo if the folloiwng affects the price for both the above modules:-
- number of employees
- any other factors.
Best Regards

The prices very drastically by client.
The price is determined by different criteria for different modules.
e.g. For ASCP, it is by COGS.
For Order Mgmt, it is by number of lines.
For mfg, it is by named users.
And then sometimes client can negotiate a enterprise wide agreement with flat pricing.
Check
http://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/@ocom/documents/webcontent/071347.pdf
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/index.html
Hope this helps,
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