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price
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the amount of money charged for a product or service, or the sum of the values that customers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service
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Customer value-based pricing
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setting price based on buyers' perceptions of value rather than on the seller's cost
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cost-based pricing
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1. Design a good product
2. Determine product costs
3. Set price based on cost
4. Convince buyers of product's value
2. Determine product costs
3. Set price based on cost
4. Convince buyers of product's value
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value-based pricing
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1. Assess customer needs and value perceptions
2. Set target price to match customer perceived value
3. Determine costs that can be incurred
4. Design product to deliver desired value at target price
2. Set target price to match customer perceived value
3. Determine costs that can be incurred
4. Design product to deliver desired value at target price
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Good-value pricing
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offering just the right combination of quality and good service at a fair price
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Value-added pricing
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attaching value-added features and services to differentiate a company's offers and charging higher prices
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cost-based pricing
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setting prices based on the costs of producing, distributing, and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk
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Fixed costs (overhead)
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costs that do not vary with production or sales level
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variable costs
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costs that vary with the quantity of output produced
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total costs
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the sum of the fixed and variable costs for any given level of production
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experience curve (learning curve)
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the drop in the average per-unit production cost that comes with accumulated production experience
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Cost-plus pricing (markup pricing)
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adding a standard markup to the cost of the product
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Break-even pricing (target return pricing)
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setting price to break even on the costs of making and marketing a product, or setting price to make a target return
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competition-based pricing
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setting prices based on competitors' strategies, prices, costs, and market offerings
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target costing
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pricing that starts with an ideal selling price, then targets costs that will ensure that the price is met
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pure competition
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consists of many buyers and sellers trading in uniform commodity, such as wheat, copper, or financial securities
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monopolistic competition
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consists of many buyers and sellers trading over a range of prices rather than a single market price
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oligopolistic competition
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market consists of only a few large sellers
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pure monopoly
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market is dominated by one seller
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demand curve
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a curve that shows the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded
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price elasticity
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a measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price