Pricing objectives and pricing methods in the services sector George J. Avlonitis and Kostis A. Indounas Department of Marketing and Communication‚ Athens University of Economics and Business‚ Athens‚ Greece Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to explore the pricing objectives that service companies pursue along with the pricing methods that they adopt in order to set their prices. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature revealed the complete
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CHAPTER 10: MARKET POWER AND PRICING STRATEGY Introduction We have examined how firms with market power can generate positive economic profit by influencing the price at which their products or services are sold. This conclusion was based on the assumption that firms must charge the same price to all customers. Now we explore alternative pricing strategies and show that when a firm with market power can “discriminate” among customers‚ additional surplus (beyond that achieved by a single-price
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The Pricing Strategies of Fast Foods vs. Restaurants Dateesha L. Cavin Webster University 28 April 2011 Abstract This paper explores the difference in pricing strategies of Fast Food vs. Restaurants. Fast food restaurants compared to sit-down restaurants are exceedingly popular because they prove to fit comfortably in our active‚ modern day lives. Today‚ many people eat fast food instead of cooking meals at home. The reason for this is that many of us are constantly busy with our daily responsibilities
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senior management is that they have not developed a competitive pricing strategy to increase its passenger and freight travel market share. Case Solution: Eurotunnel should use a market-penetration pricing strategy at all times to gain freight customers. It should use a market-penetration pricing strategy during non-peak periods and a premium pricing strategy during peak periods with passenger car customers. Rationale: This strategy works best for Eurotunnel to gain market share for three main
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – Economics Perspective Pharmaceutical industry is unique in the economy since it is a manufacturing industry but is fundamentally based in research and development. The US pharmaceutical industry is an international leader in drug innovation. US produced more new molecular entities‚ both chemical and biological‚ compared to Europe and Japan. The United States also leads‚ by far‚ Europe and Japan in the number for new Patents filed for pharmaceuticals. The United States
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Dove takes on the cosmetics industry Dove is at it again…flying in the face of convention‚ that is. Many of you will be familiar with the Real Curves campaign used to launch Dove’s firming lotion. It was noteworthy because it featured “real” women instead of impossibly slim models. Earlier this year‚ the brand took the campaign into “enemy territory” by advertising on the male media niche of the U.S. Superbowl. Now the brand is undermining the foundations of the cosmetic industry with its new
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Channel and Pricing Strategies Team B University of Phoenix MKT/571: Marketing Kudler Fine Foods had determined that expanding their markets will allow foreign market growth and increased profits. Kudler Fine Foods has decied to launch a fine and organic wine assortment in the country China. China’s culture and markets align with Kathy Kudler’s vision for Kudler Fine Foods. China is the seventh largest country in the world for wine consumption. This revealed the need for this type of expansion
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1. To determine the appropriate tax strategy for SABMiller going forward‚ one must identify the ethics of each of the four areas that they were accused of for unfair treatment by the ActionAid report. One of the key issues in which the report outlines was the use of tax havens and transfer pricing. This strategy allows a company to shift expenses associated with materials to high-tax countries such as Ghana and the revenue associated with the material to low-tax countries or tax havens. The key is
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Business Process And Pricing Strategy Meena bazar use ELECTRONIC POINT OF SALE (EPOS) till to developstrategic information system in their business process.Each product to be sold must have an identifying code number which isdifferent from that of every other product. Different sizes of the same producteven need different code numbers. These code numbers are printed onto thelabels or packaging of the product in the form of bars codes. Barcodes are made up of a set of black lines and white spaces
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