ABSTRACT This paper demonstrates a particular model for making the pricing decisions associated with hotel booking. Implementing such pricing decisions that are designed to optimize the profitability of the hotel forms part of a policy commonly referred to as yield management. The model utilizes fore casts of demand in individual market segments to capitalize on the willingness of people in one segment to pay more than people in another segment. The procedure for doing this is necessarily time-based
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Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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External factors that affect pricing decisions * External Factors - There are a number of influencing factors which are not controlled by the company but will impact pricing decisions. Understanding these factors requires the marketer conduct research to monitor what is happening in each market the company serves since the effect of these factors can vary by market. i) The nature of the market and demand ii) Elasticity of demand iii) Competitor’s cost‚ price and offers
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an investigation in early 2004 on its own initiative after being approached by an informant with information concerning the possible existence of a cartel among the four major manufacturers of elevators and escalators present in the European Union‚ KONE‚ Otis‚ Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. They found out that 17 national subsidiaries of the above undertakings‚ as well as their controlling parents‚ and to Mitsubishi Elevator Europe B.V. which participated in the Dutch cartels are guilty for participating
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RISK & CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL | | |Every financial investment contains some | |To see how the risk matrix (see below) described in this tutorial is used‚ please | |level of financial risk. This risk is | |take a look at FinanceIsland’s ROI analysis tool. You can try it out |usually expressed through the discount rate | |by subscribing for a free trial. |used in the financial analysis. Since the | |
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standardized‚ concentrated and differentiated Global Marketing. Critically evaluate each strategy with an example from a global company to illustrate the differences There is a tendency for international corporate-level strategies to be substituted for global marketing strategies; namely‚ multi-domestic strategy to concentrated marketing‚ global strategy to standardized marketing‚ and transnational strategy to differentiated marketing. However‚ the borderline lies as the former focuses broadly
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channel‚ wholesaler channel‚ or agent/broker channel. Besides that‚ Pensonic also need to consider which types of promotion strategy that is suitable to use. Sales of the company is correlated to the promotion strategy that used by the company. Choosing a right pricing strategy is also important for the company operation. Pensonic needs to carefully choose a pricing strategy so that the company will not suffer from loss. Every company will come to the stage that facing market problems and
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Course : Bank Management & Financial Services Chapter 4 : Managing and pricing non-deposit liabilities Questions & Problems 1. Compare and contrast Fed funds transactions with RPs? Repurchase agreements (RPs) are less popular than Fed funds and more complex. Both fed funds and Rps are instruments available for short term borrowing. However‚ RP agreements are collateralized loans and thus‚ the lender is not exposed to credit risk as they are with Federal funds transactions. Most RPs
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CHAPTER 8: Marketing strategies CHAPTER SUMMARY Summary (CHAPTER 8: Marketing strategies‚ page 211) • The marketing mix consists of four major elements: product‚ price‚ promotion and place. • Combined with these four Ps are people‚ processes and physical evidence to create the extended marketing mix. • Together‚ these seven Ps make up the strategies of marketing and become the centrepiece of the marketing plan. • The main goal of a marketing manager is to develop and maintain a marketing
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| Table of Contents Introduction 1 Market segmentation 1 Turkish airlines market segmentation 2 Marketing mix strategies 2 Turkish airlines marketing mix strategies 3 Price 4 Sample Fare Deals for Turkish Flights 5 Place 5 Turkish airlines distribution strategies 6 Promotion 6 Turkish airlines promotioanl strategies 7 Recommendation 8 References ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9 Introduction In general terms‚ marketing is all related to the places of buying and
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