Course Outline MBA 2011-13 Management of Pricing Elective Subject‚ Credit 2 20 Hours Course Coordinators: Ranajoy Bhattachrayya‚ Pinaki Dasgupta & Biswajit Nag (both for Delhi & Kolkata) (I) Objective The objective of this course is to bring both theoretical as well as actual practices in decision making process for pricing of goods or services. Pricing has moved up to the top priority in management decision making especially during the time of changing economic environment
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CASE 3.4 Continued Growth for Zara and Inditex CIRCA 2008 ARTEIXO‚ Spain¡ªZara stores have set the pace for retailers around the world in making and shipping trendy clothing. Now Pablo Isla‚ chief executive of parent company Inditex SA‚ says Zara needs to speed up. As rivals catch up‚ Mr. Isla is attempting one of the fastest global expansions the fashion world has ever seen‚ opening hundreds of new stores and entering new markets. To do that‚ as an economic downturn threatens
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Selecting a Pricing Method 3 major considerations in price setting : costs of production‚ distribution‚ communication set a floor to the price competitors’ prices and the price of substitutes provide an orienting point customers’ assessment of unique features establishes the price ceiling (plafond) Companies select a pricing method that includes 1 or more of these three considerations. We will examine 6 price-setting methods: Mark-up pricing‚ target-return pricing‚ perceived-value
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Q 1.: What is unique about Zara’s business model? Zara has proved to be a maverick of its time it came at a time that the apparel industry was fragmented there was no integration‚ the costs incurred were enormous it was highly labor-intensive leading to outsourcing to save on costs and the business model prevalent was not proving to be highly successful as compared to the models of other industries. In came Zara and showed that strategic imperatives depended on how a retailer sought to create and
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3215 REV: JUNE 21‚ 2010 WILLIAM J. BRUNS Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Accounting In December 2008 Rene Cook sat in her cubicle trying to remember what she had learned in business school about bonds and bond accounting. Ms. Cook‚ a new MBA and special assistant in a training assignment with the company president‚ had just met with David Lyons‚ president of Lyons Document Storage Corporation. He had asked her to think about the possible consequences of repurchasing company
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Chapter : Research Methodology Objective of the study Sample Size Purpose of the study Scope of the study Limitation of the study Design of Questionnaire Source of Data Secondary Data Primary Data Research Methodology Objective of the study: To study the different models available in NOKIA handset during the study period(2011-2012). To study the satisfaction level of NOKIA handset user in Assam University during the study period. Sample Size: The sampling process consists
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Household Computer Solutions My company will be called Household Computer Solutions and will start off consulting‚ planning and deploying customized computer and networking services. As the company grows I would like to open a store in which I will be able to display some of the many‚ little known‚ things you can do with computers through open source software. In addition to this once a week we will hold various classes based on the needs of my client base to assist in making computers easier
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Case 2: Zara 1. What are the essential elements of Zara’s business model? The business idea of Zara is to link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and to link manufacturing to distribution. And based on this general idea‚ Zara has several essential elements for its business model. First‚ speed and decision making‚ which means that in the external level‚ Zara need to respond very quickly to demands of target customers‚ and always keep in style. While for the inside‚ Zara treasure intelligence
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some difficulties in logistics because it has lengthy logistics procedures forcing the retailer to order 9 months in advance. Competitors like Zara have very fast and efficient logistics with excellent lead time. Nimble competitors are offering low prices as well as achieving many deliveries per year of new fashion items. M&S decided to pursue a new strategy of improving their product appeal‚ availability and value. The retailer encountered difficulties because its processes are not flexible enough
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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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