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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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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equipment markets. L.L. Bean is one of the lead servers in casual sportswear market‚ rather than specialty market. It is also a mail-order‚ online company targeting urban upper middle class men and women based in the Unites States. The competitive strategy of L.L. Bean comes from its focus towards the customers and the satisfaction of them. This satisfaction comes in many different ways. First‚ there are the different ways of ordering which makes sure every customer can choose
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2004 where SGM only had 10%. VW’s target market was very different from GM’s. VW’s best selling sedan was the Santana which was targeted at the lower market‚ about half the price of GM’s Buick. VW’s competitive strategy was based on price‚ hence most taxi in China are VW Santana. What is GM and SAIC’s agenda in this JV GM’s agenda to enter the China market mainly has to do with the US domestic car market. The US auto market is very saturated with US citizen owned 25% of the world’s car with only
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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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minerals industry has been both a beneficiary of reforms that have made the economy more open and flexible and a driver of Australia’s improved economic performance. The Millennium Mining Boom represents a decade-long structural adjustment with mining now a permanently larger part of Australia’s economy. • • The resources industry as a whole (including oil and gas) accounted for around 18 per cent of Australia’s nominal GDP in 2011-12‚ double the share in 2003-04. There has been an equally dramatic
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Pricing strategy in video game industry Video Gaming industry has gone dramatic changes when more and more digital platforms emerge and improved technology in portable devices‚ mainly in social games(Facebook‚ Myspace) and mobile games. 27% of US online population play at least one game on social network‚ and Facebook gaming revenue hit $1.32 billion in U.S market in 20111. Also‚ as more than more people have smart phone especially apple’s iOS devices‚ gaming application becomes more and more popular
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How Starbucks Uses Pricing Strategy for Profit Maximization by Tucker Dawson Last Thursday Starbucks raised their beverage prices by an average of 1% across the U.S‚ a move that represented the company’s first significant price increase in 18 months. I failed to notice because the price change didn’t affect grande or venti (medium and large) brewed coffees and I don’t mess with smaller sizes‚ but anyone who purchases tall size (small) brews saw as much as a 10 cent increase.The company’s third quarter
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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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demand and eventually price can be used as a promotional aid for enticing new customers into the market or attracting them away from competitor. Minimum prices and/or value for money can be used as a sales image of the services if suitable. As has been previously indicated‚ price‚ especially in areas where quality is difficult for consumers to assess in advance of purchase‚ is often regarded as an indicator for quality. In this circumstance‚ prestige or high-price policies may be more successful
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