individuals. At the same time‚ however‚ the industry is criticized for its marketing and pricing practices—and even for its research and development priorities. Industry’s consistently high profits and large expenditures on research and development as well as on marketing that foster scrutiny and criticism. The pharmaceutical industry is unique in the sense that that it is fundamentally based in research and development (R&D) but is also a manufacturing industry. Like other industries within the health sector
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Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry R. Preston McAfee and Vera te Velde California Institute of Technology Abstract: Dynamic price discrimination adjusts prices based on the option value of future sales‚ which varies with time and units available. This paper surveys the theoretical literature on dynamic price discrimination‚ and confronts the theories with new data from airline pricing behavior. Correspondence to: R. Preston McAfee‚ 100 Baxter Hall‚ California Institute of Technology‚
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THE PRICING BARRIER Objectives: * Studying the Indian luggage industry before entering into the market * To study why Gibraltar had not launched its products in the industry * How to enter the Indian luggage market to break Monarch’s monopoly and Gibraltar’s brand recall * How to use advertising to compete with the pre-positioned brands and create a market competition Diagnosis: * European brand Tufflug had plans to enter the Indian luggage market but did not‚ after Gibraltar
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Remarks before starting the analysis of the dataset Purpose of the case We have to study three competitors (Dubuque‚ Ball Park‚ Oscar Mayer) in the market of the hot dog. We want to know the impact of the variation of the price of one competitor (Ball Park) on the market share of another competitor (Dubuque). Origin of the dataset The dataset comes from "a scanner study conducted at grocery stores located in the western suburbs of Chicago". So we know that the data don’t represent the entire
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Pricing Strategy Group Coursework Pricing Simulation: Universal Car MBA Students | * | Date | 26 May 2013 | 1. Situation Analysis (Pre- game) Before starting the simulation game we have analysed the available data based on the metrics below: * Market Conditions * Prices * Costs 1.1 Market Overview Market Size & Fleet Allocation Comparing the 3 cities‚ we have identified Orlando as the biggest market followed by Miami with Tampa being the smallest
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------------------------------------------------- Willingness to Pay Extra for Love in Paris: A Hedonic Approach to Pricing Hotel Rooms in Paris ------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT Purpose – This study aims to investigate the impact of a variety of hotel amenities on the rates charged for hotel rooms in Paris Methodology/Approach – The authors employ a hedonic pricing method and use online data obtained from 128 hotels from TripAdvisor.com and the hotels’ respective homepages
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Factors affecting Pricing Strategies Introduction Pricing can be defined as the assignment of value or the cumulative amount of value that a customer must exchange in order to receive a particular product or service (Gerth‚ n.d.). For marketers‚ pricing can be viewed as a single strategic tool that can translate a potential business entity into reality (Abratt & Pitt‚ 1985). On the same notion‚ Avlonitis & Indounas (2005) noted that pricing is the only element of the marketing mix that
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BUAD 6300 Case 6-16 Cowgirl Chocolates 10/6/2010 Before spending an additional $3‚000 on an advertising campaign in the March/April edition of Chile Pepper Magazine‚ Marilyn Lysohir needs to consider how to reach her goal of becoming a profitable company. She needs to analyze consumer perceptions‚ pricing strategies‚ identify and gain access to effective distribution channels and the effective use of the company web site. Since the inception of a revolutionary spicy chocolate recipe‚ Marilyn Lysohir
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TELECOM PRICING CONSULTATION PAPER ON CONCEPTS‚ PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGIES III. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAPER 1. This paper introduces various concepts‚ principles and methodologies for determining telecom tariffs and interconnection charges (i.e. charges paid by one operator to another for use of the latter’s network in delivering the telecom service). The purpose is to provide a basis for comments and suggestions from interested parties and the public to take forward the
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are: Low Fares. Ryanair’s low fares are designed to stimulate demand‚ particularly from fare-conscious leisure and business travelers who might otherwise have used alternative forms of transportation or would not have traveled at all. Ryanair sells seats on a one-way basis‚ thus eliminating minimum stay requirements from all travel on Ryanair scheduled services‚ regardless of fare. Ryanair sets fares on the basis of the demand for particular flights and by reference to the period remaining
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