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Strategic Movements: September 2019

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 12, 2019

J.M. Smucker Co Passed Input Savings onto Price Cuts. Profits? They fell of course. Q2 2019 found that net sales (revenue) decreased…

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Organizing for pricing excellence: the pricing organization

Organizing for Pricing Excellence

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 12, 2019

What organizational factors make for pricing excellence in a company? Moorman and Day discussed the academic research on the development of excellence…

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Sigmoid Price Response Function

The Relationship of Price and Demand

By Nathan L. Phipps August 16, 2019

For this article, I am going to discuss how we model the relationship between price and demand. Most people have an intuitive…

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The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy

Being Threatened by Bill Gates

By Kyle T. Westra August 16, 2019

The following is an excerpt from my new Amazon bestseller, The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy. This story…

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Tribal marketing and its implications for brand marketing

Tribal Marketing – A Step Beyond Segmentation

By James T. Berger August 16, 2019

“Tribalism,” that loaded word that has become a part of today’s political environment, has also entered the brand marketing world. The “tribes”…

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Pricing transformations graph

Pricing Transformations Are Political Culture Changes. Manage with Care

By Tim J. Smith, PhD August 16, 2019

A major driver behind undertaking a pricing transformation effort is the acknowledgement that price negotiations both take too long and also lead…

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Strategic Movements: August 2019

By Tim J. Smith, PhD August 16, 2019

Online Grocer Pricing Thrive Market requires a $60 annual fee and offers free shipping for orders over $49. Public Goods requires a…

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Can Money Buy Your Morals?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD July 17, 2019

Classical economics assumes that our rational self-interest will guide our decision making. The first part of that assumption, the “rational” part, was…

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What Are You Doing? Log-Linear Regression

By Nathan L. Phipps July 17, 2019

For this month’s article, I offer an overview of a log-linear regression that I conducted for a client recently. While I find…

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The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy

The New Invisible Hand

By Kyle T. Westra July 17, 2019

My book The New Invisible Hand will be released at the end of July. This book is for you if you’ve ever…

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