NONLINEAR PRICING STRATEGIES AND MARKET CONCENTRATION IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY A Dissertation by MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ GARCIA Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY August 2009 Major Subject: Economics UMI Number: 3384249 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that
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Marketing Program Design ANALYSIS OF PRICING STRATEGY ADOPTED IN THE INDIAN CIGARETTE INDUSTRY [Type the author name] Table of contents Table of contents 2 1 Introduction: Cigarettes 3 2 Cigarette Industry in India 3 2.1 Cigarette Market Share in India 5 2.2 Price Spread of Cigarettes in India 5 3 Manufacturing Process 6 4 SUPPLY CHAN MANAGEMENT 6 4.1 Distributor 7 4.2 Wholesale Dealer 8 4.3 The Retailer 8 5 Pricing Strategy 11 5.1 Pricing Objective 11 5.2 Determining
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The pricing strategy for a new product should be developed so that the desired impact on the market is achieved while the emergence of competition is discouraged. Two basic strategies that may be used in pricing a new product are skimming pricing and penetration pricing. Skimming Pricing Skimming pricing is the strategy of establishing a high initial price for a product with a view to “skimming the cream off the market” at the upper end of the demand curve. It is accompanied by heavy expenditure
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1. Outlook of Domestic and International Tourism in the Philippines: • According to the Philippine National Tourism Development Plan 2011-2016‚ DOT wanted the Philippines to be a must-experience destination in Asia. With that strategic vision‚ they established a general goal which is to develop an environmentally and socially responsible tourism that delivers more widely distributed income and employment opportunities as indicated by 6.6 M international arrivals and 34.8 M domestic travellers generating
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Running Head: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICING STRAGETIES IN MARKET STRUCTURES Yvette Daniels American Public University Systems October 15‚ 2011 The importance of pricing strategies is different depending upon the type of market structure because each market structure has special components that affect the pricing schema and determination of output. Although the pricing strategies are different‚ it is highly important for a select market structure
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The Left Digit Effect in Pricing Strategy: $19.99 Because $20 is Too Much! Have you ever come across price tags that have 9 endings? Have you ever bought those merchandise with 9 endings thinking that was the best deal and ended up with an enormous bill? Do you notice that the 9 endings are usually printed in a much smaller size than the digits on the left? This is a result of a psychological concept called “The Left Digit Effect” in which people tend to pay more attention to the left-most digits
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- a a a What type of international strategy has the company chosen‚ and what means has it used to expand internationally? Lufthansa is one of the three airline companies world-wide‚ whose debt is rated as investment-grade. Since the World War II the industry has never earned its cost of capital over the business cycle and after the deregulation which increasing replaced the government-organized IATA cartel the situation got worse. The airline’s response to that and to globalization was to form
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International Business: The New Realities‚ Global Edition‚ 3e (Cavusgil) Chapter 12 Strategy and Organization in the International Firm 1) Firms that want to become globally competitive must seek simultaneously three strategic objectives—efficiency‚ flexibility‚ and learning. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Skill: Concept Objective: 12-1 AACSB: Dynamics of the global economy 2) Efficiency refers to emphasizing consensus-based decision making and problem solving‚ in which managers readily share
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY 72-hours Individual Case Exam 21.4.2008 – 24.4.2008 Philip Jacek Lange CPR Number: 100286-1719 Answer to Question 1: L’Oreal‚ established in 1909‚ is today the world leader among beauty companies. It employs over 60‚000 people (Company Overview‚ Facts & Figures‚ 2008) and had consolidated sales of 17063 Million EUR in 2007 (Latest Press Release Corporate‚ 2008). L’Oreal sees its mission to further the cause of beauty‚ and owns branches in Cosmetics‚ The
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business. Each of the above business segments has its own characteristics in terms of investments revenues potential‚ costs‚ as well as production requirements. The new airline ’s pricing strategy will also set it apart from the pack and will form a key aspect of its overall marketing strategy. Factors to consider before pricing are: (i) Cost factors: - An airline incurs two types of cost of operations‚ Fixed and variable. Fixed costs are that of the Aircraft acquisition‚ Fuel‚ Staff salaries‚
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