sector (ACCC 2005). In 2004 there was a case of price fixing in the car rental industry. Considerable fines handed out to companies involved in the cartel that fixed prices for one way car rentals between Alice Springs and Ayres Rock. The fines and costs in that case totaled $1.5 million (ACCC 2004)‚ which indeed sent
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hologyThe International Journal of Human Resource Management‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1‚ January 2010‚ 144–162 The use of the psychological contract to explain turnover intentions in the hospitality industry: a research study on the impact of gender on the turnover intentions of highly educated employees R.J. Blommea*‚ A. van Rheedeb and D.M. Trompb a Center of Leadership and Personal Development‚ Business University Nyenrode‚ Breukelen‚ The Netherlands; bKenniskring Human Resource Management‚ Hotelschool
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Why do they call these contracts derivatives? Where is the optionality in these contracts? Weather derivatives structures commonly used are: i) cap - a call option; ii) Floor - a put option; iii) Collar - a put and a call option‚ usually with little or no premium; iv) Swap - a derivative with a profit and loss profile of a futures contract v) Digital option - an option that pays either a predetermined amount if acertain temperature or degree day level is reached‚ or nothing at all in other
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elements produce costs. Prices are perhaps the easiest element of the marketing program to adjust. Price also communicates to the market the company’s intended value positioning of its product or brand. A well-designed and marketed product can command a price premium. [pic] Pricing decisions are clearly complex and difficult. Holistic marketers must take into account many factors in making pricing decision—the company‚ customers‚ competition‚ and marketing environment. Pricing decisions must be
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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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Allowances Loss-Leader Pricing Special-Event Pricing Cash Rebates Low-Interest Financing Longer Payment Terms Warranties & Service Contracts Psychological Discounting Customer-Segment Pricing Product-Form Pricing Image Pricing Channel Pricing Location Pricing Time Pricing Price Discrimination Differentiated Pricing Promotional Pricing Geographical Pricing (Cash‚ Countertrade‚ Barter) Changing Pricing Environment How Companies Price Understanding Pricing Consumer Psychology and Pricing Reference Prices
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CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENTS: LOVE CONTRACTS When we think of work its’ connotation leads us to think of our way of life. It’s our way to make money‚ keep a roof over our heads‚ as well as put food on the table. Over time‚ through many studies‚ it has become a known fact that America is one of the most work-oriented nations in the world. Americans have a reputation for spending more time at work than we do at home. With that in mind‚ why is finding love in the workplace considered something
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in Africa suffering. Micro loans are supposed to help women in Africa and help with get the things they need. To take care of the family‚ by the things they need support themselves and others. Microloans help women in Africa that are suffering do all these things to survive. Woman getting this money to help support their family is helping them live‚ since the money they make is barely supporting themselves. But the real question is‚ could microloans be hurting these women. This is because micro
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Marketing Management 33 (2004) 765 – 778 Towards value-based pricing—An integrative framework for decision making Andreas Hinterhuber* Falkstrasse 16‚ 6020 Innsbruck‚ Austria Received 1 April 2003; accepted 18 October 2003 Available online 23 December 2003 Abstract Despite a recent surge of interest‚ the subject of pricing in general and value-based pricing in particular has received little academic investigation. Yet‚ pricing has a huge impact on financial results‚ both in absolute terms
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the possibility of removing patent protection for life saving drugs in order to reduce the cost of the Medicare and Medicaid systems. Discuss both the short-run and long-run implications for the economic situation of the drug industry. Include in your answer the impact on prices‚ new development‚ etc. of drugs. Include appropriate graphs showing the difference between monopoly pricing and competitive pricing. The drug industry currently takes on both monopolistic and competitive market structures
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