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This type of analysis demonstrate the impact of small change in price on profit
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price sensitivity analysis
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according to your text, which costs have no effect on a marginal price change decision?
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fixed cost
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marketers are said to be elastic when a ----- change in price has a ------ effect on the quantity sold .
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Small ; large
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markets are said to be inelastic when a large change in price has a small effect on the quantity sold
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Large ; small
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Gabby manufactures t-shirts and sells them for for $29.99. sales aren't as high as she would like, so she decides to run 20% off sale, bringing the t-shirt price down to 24. Gabby assumes lower prices will equal higher demand. why could a price cut not be the right answer in this situation?
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This market research technique allows researches to measure consumer preferences between products .
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conjoint analysis
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customers perception driven pricing has become the dominant approach to pricing in many industries
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true
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these types of products represent more than 98% of new products on the market. they make improvements to the status quo rather than disrupt a product industry:
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Evolutionary markets
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this type of market is created by the introduction of the first product into a new market and is therefore more difficult to set prices:
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Revolutionary
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list one of the three dominant approaches to setting prices
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1. exchange value approaches to setting prices
2. economic price optimization
3. conjoint analysis
2. economic price optimization
3. conjoint analysis
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according to the text, what is one of the primary focuses of brading?
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Reduce price sensitivity
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the investment of time and effort that a consumer spends on a purchase decision are referred to as what?
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opportunity cost
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current economic theory states that this is the primary motivator for any transaction
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self-interests
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in the context of promotional influence, this type pf communication focuses on the brand and features or benefits of the product
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benefits-oriented
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in the context of prospect theory, this refers to setting pricing expectations early and changing them slowly over time
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anchoring
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is the cost consumers pay for a product
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Price
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Exchange value
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quantify the price boundaries
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exchange value models help us
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- Identify a rational range for price
- Communicate with stakeholders
- Communicate with stakeholders
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Extreme boundaries of price
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the price should lie between the marginal cost to produce and the full consumer utility
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marginal cost
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constitute the seller's bottom line. any price below marginal costs leaves the seller worse off than it would have been without the transaction
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extreme lower boundary
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marginal cost
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extreme upper boundary
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consumer utility
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customer utility
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is the value a customer gains from having a product
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Narrower boundaries
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the range of prices that are most likely to encourage customer transactions and leave the firm in the most favorable position
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comparable alternatives
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are solutions that customers may have to accomplish the same or similar set of goals
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differential value
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is the change in customer utility that a product delivers in comparison to the alternative
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exchange value
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price of comparable alternative + differential value
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profit sensitivity analysis
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demostrate the impact of small change in price on profits . direct and indirect effects on profits
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indirect effect derives from
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influence price change on customer demand
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direct effect
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relationship between profits and prices
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volume hurdles
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the require demand increase to justify a price cut and allowable demand sacrifice to justify a price hike
- quantify selling goal
- quantify selling goal
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price cut
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if we curt price we must increase sales volume
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price hike
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if we raise the price, we can reduce volume sold
- new market -new distributiion channel -tide detergent = increase value
- new market -new distributiion channel -tide detergent = increase value
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factors that influence price sensitivity of customers
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-Reference Price
-Ease of comparison
-Switching cost
-Ease of comparison
-Switching cost
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How can we reduce price sensitivity?
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- Brand strength
- Customer service
- Customer service
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elastic market
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small change in price has large effect on hte quantity sold
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inelastic market
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when large change in price has only a small effect on the quantity sold