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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"Pricing Strategies"”.
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Coordinating inventory control and pricing strategies
… models focus on effective replenishment strategies and typically assume that a commodity's price is exogenously determined. In recent years, however, a number of industries have used innovative pricing strategies to manage their inventory effectively. These developments call for models …
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Pricing strategies for continuous replenishment perishable goods
… thesis investigates the application of Dynamic Pricing strategies at a manufacturer of continuous replenishment perishable goods. I begin with a discussion of Dynamic Pricing models, and select a mixed integer programming formulation as most applicable to the available systems and data of the …
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Optimal Intertemporal Pricing Strategies for Firms Introducing New Products
… of a new product by following an intertemporal pricing strategy which predicts the adoption of the product through time. Four reasons for gradual adoption are explored: delayed purchase, awareness, social pressures and informational needs. The firm does better by pricing a straightforward new …
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Heuristics for Multi-period Competitive Pricing Strategies for Manufacturing Companies
In this thesis, dynamic competition between two manufacturing companies is analyzed over four quarters in which a competitor and the company are allowed to cut price by 10%, 20%, 30% or do nothing. The competitor cuts the prices based on different profiles such as random, safe or conservative and …
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Quantitative methods for testing pricing strategies at the United States Postal Service
… to identify improvements to their current retail pricing approach.
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Multi-criteria analysis : an alternative approach for the evaluation of road pricing strategies
Interest in road pricing among political leaders, transportation analysts, academics, and government agencies has increased in recent years. There are myriad reasons for this newfound consideration, but the deployment of intelligent transportation systems, the desire for additional revenue sources, …
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The effectiveness of a simple policy for coordinating inventory control and pricing strategies
We investigate the effectiveness of an (s, S, p) policy relative to an (s, S, A, p) policy in a single product, periodic review, finite horizon model with stochastic multiplicative demand and fixed ordering cost, in which an (s, S, A, p) policy is optimal. An extensive numerical study shows that …
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An examination on viable pricing strategies for the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev in Japan
… is critical. The thesis examines viable pricing strategies of the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev, in terms of the determination of the fare level as well as the application of dynamic pricing, taking into account some unique specifications of the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev. First, the thesis proposes …
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Multiple year pricing strategies for corn and soybeans using cash, futures, and options contracts
The possibility of profitable multiple year pricing using rollover strategies for com and soybeans is identified. Historical futures price distributions are generated for both commodities to determine the probability of prices reaching certain levels. The upper 5%, 10%, and 15% of the distributions …
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A profit maximization model in a two-echelon supply chain management : distribution and pricing strategies
Distribution and pricing strategies play a central role in the field of supply chain management. Heuristic approaches to the vehicle routing problem (VRP) are usually used to design optimal delivery routes to serve geographically dispersed customers, who are price elastic. There is a rich …
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The Impact Of Multiple Pricing Strategies On Consumer Purchasing Behavior: The Case Of AIRTEL and TIGO Tanzania
Multiple pricing strategies have grown to be the major pricing strategy practiced by major telecom operators in Tanzania. The study is on the impact of multiple pricing strategies to consumers purchasing behavior and looking at the role of this strategy to company performance. Tigo and Airtel …
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Personalisation through pricing co-creation: Customer’s willingness to pay and pricing strategies in the B2C context of hospitality
… of a transaction, specifically concerning pricing. The marketing and revenue management literature suggests a linear relationship between personalisation and willingness to pay (WTP). WTP is context-dependent, and further exploring the influence of personalisation benefits on customer WTP …
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The Influence of Promotional Brochures and Pricing Strategies on Consumer Purchase Decisions for Forest Stewardship Council Certified Hardwood Boards in Home Centers
This study is one of the first of its kind to examine actual consumer purchasing decisions for forest products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Consumer purchasing was examined based on the presence or absence of a promotional brochure and a price premium for red oak and yellow …
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A simulation-based approach to dynamic pricing
By employing dynamic pricing, the act of changing prices over time within a marketplace, sellers have the potential to increase their revenue by selling goods to buyers "at the right time, at the right price." Software agents have been used in electronic commerce systems to assist buyers, but there …
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Dynamic pricing with reference price effects
… on the models and the corresponding dynamic pricing problems that incorporate reference price effects, a concept developed in economics and marketing literature that try to capture the dependency of consumers purchasing behavior on past prices. Conceptually, reference price is a price …
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Marketing and crop insurance: a portfolio approach to risk management for Illinois corn and soybean producers
… understanding how crop insurance and preharvest pricing interact so as to reduce risk or increase returns more than either if used separately. Farm-level historical simulations from 1976 through 2008 were used to analyze several marketing strategies that use both preharvest pricing and revenue …
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Complexity and obfuscation in evolving platform pricing
… platforms face unique challenges such as design, pricing, governance rules etc. The pricing decision specifically has been the subject of rigorous research. As the value that each group derives from using the platform depends on the size of the other side of the market, the platform's pricing …
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Consumer Learning and Brand Loyalty When Product Quality Is Unknown
… about product quality on a firm's optimal pricing strategies under different market structures.
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