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What are some recommended strategies to estimate the economic value?
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two strategies that can help estimate the economic value of your product is monetary value and psychological value
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What are the characteristics of monetary value?
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Monetary value is connected to a customers profit and loss, it can be difficult to capture but the use of data collection tools and in depth interviews/algorithms can give the seller an idea of how the product is valued monetarily
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What are the characteristics of psychological value?
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Psychological value is the overall satisfaction and security a consumer has about the value of a product. It uses different collection tools and cojoint analysis with different psychological variables
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What is CVM pricing?
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A data driven representation of the worth, in monetary terms, of what a company is doing or could do for its customers (customer value=Benefits-Price). CVM calculates the average relationship between perceived quality and price by looking at fair value and equivalence lines
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Why is CVM pricing not the best method for optimal value capture?
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It is not the best method for optimal value capture because it underestimates the value of more differentiated products and overestimates the value of less differentiated products
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What types of segmentation are most widely used?
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The most widely used types of segmentation are personal demographics and firmographics
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Which type of segmentation is the most effective for pricing decisions and why?
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The most effective segmentation method is value based segmentation because it looks at the value perceived and the value received which has the greatest effect on seller's cost. To accurately segment the market based on value you first have to decide basic segment criteria, then identify the value drivers, determine operational constraints, the create primary and secondary segments, then have descriptions for those segments, then develop segment metrics.
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Why are price structures implemented?
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Price structures are implemented because they allow firms to align benefits with their economic value and cost. Without price structures firms undersell to those who value the product more than the price, and they shut out those who would buy the product at a lower cost but still above variable cost.
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What are the objectives of Pricing Policies?
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To manage expectations and improve expectations, they are rules or habits that determine how a company
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What are firms trying to reinforce/discourage with Pricing Policies?
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The goal is to treat each price exception as an opportunity to redefine the pricing strategy so that these types of requests will be dealt with systematically in the future. They REINFORCE positive pattern of behavior on the consumers part and consistency. they DISCOURAGE making exceptions to buyers negative purchasing behaviors.
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What are 4 different buyer types?
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Value-driven buyer, price-driven buyer, brand-driven buyer, convenience driven buyer
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What is a value-driven buyer?
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a value driven buyer has a high importance for differentiation and a low cost of search (they will look for a long time)
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What is a price-driven buyer?
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A price driven buyer has a low importance differentiation and a low cost of search
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What is a brand-driven buyer?
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A brand driven buyer has a high importance of differentiation and a high cost of search
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What is a convenience-driven buyer
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a convenience driven buyer has a low importance of differentiation and a high cost of search