Case Analysis: Case of the Pricing Predicament I. Major Facts A. Scott is a salesman for Standard Machine B. Scott received a call from Joann‚ the purchasing agent at Occidental Aerospace C. Occidental is Standard’s largest and most loyal account D. Scott followed Standard’s fixed price policy and submitted a bid of $429K E. Joann informed him that two competitors submitted bids of “under 390K” and another bid of “a little over 400K” F. Scott needs to cut his bid by
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Huang Ge MGT401 Prof. Patton‚ Joseph 2/3/2015 Case 2 1. Describe Dropbox’s “Freemium Pricing strategy” to get users and revenue. What was this strategy? What did the company hope to accomplish with this strategy? Dropbox is a company providing remote-storage over the internet‚ cloud storage service as well. The “Freemium Pricing Strategy” is a popular pricing strategy which company provide client a basic service without paying a dime and premium services were paid. Dropbox offers 2GB cloud storage
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assets and a small set of economy-wide common factors. While several macroeconomic variables do have some relationship with different risky assets‚ the APT postulates that the pricing of risky assets depends only on the set of variables whose influence is felt significantly by all risky assets together. This set of variables is known as the common factors of the APT.” (Otuteye 1998) An arbitrage pricing theory is basically a theory that is copied from an issue model‚ using alteration or expansion
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Introduction Singapore Airlines (SIA) was created in 1972 and was fully state owned. The company expanded rapidly‚ and with a strategy of concentrating on customer needs by providing exceptional in-flight service‚ the airline quickly became a noteworthy competitor in the market. During its formative period in the 1970s‚ SIA developed all the hallmarks that made it one of the most successful and consistently profitable airlines in the world. Through a constant investment in personnel skills and
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Southwest Airlines’ Corporate Strategy & Control System Southwest Airlines became one of the most admired airlines in the world based on their dedication to their customers and the corporate strategies their leadership instituted. Their leadership created a different corporate culture that CEO Herb Kelleher and his company are devoted to the philosophy of putting employees first (Govindarajan‚ pg. 115). In doing so‚ Southwest was able to instill a management control system that relied on
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ARBITRAGE PRICING THEORY ( APT ) Originally developed by Stephen A. Ross. The CAPM predicts that security rates of return will be linearly related to a single common factor : ----- the rate of return on the market portfolio. The APT is based on a similar approach but assumes the rate of return on a security to be sensitive to a number of factors. Market equilibrium is driven by individuals eliminating arbitrage
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Imagine Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. operates 18-seat commercial flights between New York City and Washington‚ DC. After 10 seats have been sold on each aircraft‚ the company has reached the break-even point. Should Widgets consider offering a discounted fare for seats 11 through 18? Yes. Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. should offer a discount on the remaining seats. What are the advantages and disadvantages of not offering a discount on seats 11 through 18? The advantages of selling at a discounted price
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Emirates Airline is one of the five world leading airline companies founded in 1985. It was awarded the “World’s Best Airline” by Skytrax at the 2013 World Airline Awards. In addition Emirates Airline was awarded the “Best Middle East Airline” and for the ninth year in a row “World’s Best Inflight Entertainment”. Emirates Airline serves over 39 million customers a year based on 2013 data. Nonetheless as every other business‚ Emirates Airline faces its own challenges. The company needs to update
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Eunice Kelly MBA 522 Marketing Southwest Airlines case analysis 1. In what ways might airline customers be segmented? Airline customers might be segmented when groups with varying needs and wants are recognized. They can be segmented on a number of different types of things; such as age‚ gender‚ location‚ buying behavior‚ and demographics. a. Which segments or niches would you consider Southwest’s prime targets? Southwest’s prime targets would be that of business and leisure travelers.
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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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