be used in the real world but merely in-game or in-app purchases. Nature of these in-app purchases could be anything from clothes and accessories for your character in the game to purchases of the next level in the game. In order to understand pricing of virtual goods‚ we need to first understand how some of the economics of in-game purchases. 1. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) have their own in-game currency. For eg: Second Life has Linden Dollars‚ World of Warcraft
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Compare and contrast CAPM and APT? Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT) are both methods of assessing an investment’s risk in relation to its potential reward and whether the potential investment yield is worthwhile. CAPM developed by Sharpe 1964. The basic theory behind this model is that investor needs to be compensated for Time Value of Money and the risk that they are taking. The time value of money is represented by the risk-free (rf) rate in
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4. General Pricing approach. Value based pricing‚ everyday low pricing (EDLP) and high-low pricing. Value based pricing Source:http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/operating/marketing/pricing/valuebased.htmlHow high can a price be before the product or service is priced out of the market?To understand the customer ’s perception of the value of your product or service‚ look at more subjective criteria such as customer preferences‚ product benefits‚ convenience‚ product quality‚ company image and
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the hands of mainstream users in order to maintain sustained growth. While the early adopters are a great group for launching a product‚ without mainstream use‚ the early success would not be lasting. This is why Apple has decided to use different pricing strategies such as the skimming and versioning. Price Skimming Skimming is referred to as selling a product at a high price; basically companies sacrificing sales to gain high profits. This is employed by companies in order to reimburse their
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Case No.07 – Nokia’s pricing strategy Nokia is one brand name that inspires all those who are into the mobile culture. Of the entire brand that touches our lives‚ Nokia stand s out significantly. It has taken mobility a step forward by creating products with continuous innovations in this industry has made it imperative that every player keeps pace with changes. Nokia has been one step ahead in anticipating future market moves and strategizing accordingly. Interestingly the company prices its
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Branding‚ Pricing‚ and Distribution Gary D. Tate Strayer University Marketing-500 Instructor: Brett Jordon 5/17/2012 Branding‚ pricing‚ and distribution are all integral parts of a strategic marketing plan. Each segment of the plan needs to be developed individually with the entire culmination of the plan in mind. In other words‚ each segment should be a link in the chain to a completed marketing strategy. The ultimate goal is to reach a successful culmination of all three tiers that will
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Principles of Marketing Assignment 3 – Pricing Due Date: 24th December‚ 2012 Dep. of IBS In this Assignment I want to compare several beer brands and their pricing. I will try to find out which pricing strategy is used for each beer brand. Pricing is one oft he 4 major elements of the marketing mix and pricing is an important stratejic issue because it is related to the positioning. Also it affects other marketing mix elements such as product features‚ channel decision and
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The price variable relates to decisions and actions associated with establishing pricing objectives and policies and determining product prices. Setting price objectives is critical because they form a foundation on which the decisions of subsequent stages are based. Objectives for Red bull include organisational and marketing objectives such as profit‚ return on investment‚ growth and status quo. Assessing the target market’s evaluation of price tells the marketer how much emphasis
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Transfer Pricing in India 1. Introduction Increasing participation of multi-national groups in economic activities in India has given rise to new and complex issues emerging from transactions entered into between two or more enterprises belonging to the same group. Hence‚ it was pertinent to introduce a uniform and internationally accepted mechanism of determining reasonable‚ fair and equitable profits and tax in India in the case of such multinational enterprises. Accordingly‚ the Finance
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Phillips’s book The Atlantic Sound is related to the history of slavery and its impact on contemporary socio-cultural environment. It is a travel book but it is not only confined to non fictional narrative of travelled places. The book is a mixture of geographical portraits‚ historical events‚ interviews‚ letters‚ newspaper articles‚ speeches‚ poems and so on. Phillips decides to visit the three points of triangular trade that linked America‚ Africa and Europe. He juxtaposes the stories of past with
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