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Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, and Establishing Price Structures by Tim J. Smith, PhD has been reviewed in September 2013 issue of the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management by Sarah Keast, Lecturer in Economics, Plymouth Graduate School of Management and Plymouth Business School, UK. In her words, “Tim Smith successfully combines the theories and methods from marketing, economics, strategy, and decision making in one very accessible text on the strategies and methods of price setting.” Thank you Sarah Keast and JRPM. It is an honor.
More Outerwall Inc. the owner of the Redbox downgraded their performance guidance tipping off a 13% decline in market capitalization. Did investors overreact? And what caused the poor performance in the first place?
More How do publishers successfully market to librarians? David Dalka explores this issue from direct research and interactions at the 2013 American Library Association Conference.
More JC Penney’s CEO Ron Johnson has had a tough go at it. Stock valuation is down roughly 40% since the time Johnson took over. Customer sales are down 20% from last year. Some are calling for his resignation. But before we chant “off with his head” with the Twitterati, let’s see if we can’t help him find a way out of his quandary.
More Every Christmas my son comes home and does his Christmas shopping at the Best Buy store about 5 miles from our house. This year he discovered his favorite Best Buy (BBY) store was closed and out of business.
More Thales SA and Panasonic Corp. have recently begun marketing Wi-Fi-enabled iPad in-flight entertainment systems alongside traditional wired and seatback entertainment systems. Does handing out iPads to passengers and going Wi-Fi make sense for other airlines or is this a frivolous luxury for the elite that commoners will never see? A modeling of the Exchange Value can determine.
More Joan Magretta has written a book on Harvard Business School’s Prof. Michael Porter entitled: Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy. What should readers expect?
More The national bestseller, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (2), by Roger Fisher and William Ury offers a unique applied approach to understanding how to reach a “wise” agreement. According to Fisher and Ury, a wise agreement improves both parties relationship by offering a fair and lasting solution
More Hyper-competition made a big splash in the popular business press when it was first released yet few executives have had the patience and tolerance to get through this difficult tome. We provide a summary article to communicate its key insights to executives.
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