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Negotiation is crucial to business alliances, but this process can become more complicated if there are language barriers and differences in cultural values, customs, and lifestyles, such as Western businesses negotiating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Previous studies have presented...
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business professionals. The paper emphasizes face-to-face interaction more so than internet negotiations since relationship … before making any major deals. As such, traditional means of negotiations are preferred. Also, it should be noted that … local norms prior to undertaking any major negotiations. It is best to negotiate through face-to-face format with one …
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In developing pricing strategies for the global marketplace, sellers have to consider the differences in how their consumers process information on prices. One potential difference is in attributions: whether the consumer blames the seller for a negative outcome such as a price increase. Prior...
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Discusses methods of tailoring prices to buyers who differ in their willingness to pay while maintaining a semblance of fairness and uniformity – filtered pricing. Considers microeconomic theory, geographic discrimination, filtering methods such as couponing, skimming, quality and features,...
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Integrates inventory control issues with corporate financial management and commercial lending practices. The first part of the paper considers inventory management techniques used by inventory holding businesses, then explains how inventory segmentation techniques may be used by financial...
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Examines the shift in priorities of US industrial firms from those of securing market share by means of product innovation and aggressive pricing strategy to that of the achievement of short‐term objectives such as the satisfaction of financial markets and shareholders. Describes an...
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Discusses ten principles applicable to pricing. Includes revenue‐generating, market share and cost strategies. Notes that astute pricing requires design of a second price discount schedule and pricing plans should not be overly complex or out of sync with efficient shipping units. Concludes...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the extent to which selected contextual variables have an impact on the adoption of strategic pricing by industrial service firms, and determine the effect of the adoption of strategic pricing on company performance. Design/methodology/approach...
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Examines the conditions and different structural settings in which a retailer is likely to apply an international reference price strategy to an imported product. We define the term “international reference price” as an external reference price that reflects the product’s price in...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the manufacturer’s production, pricing and green technology investment decision problem when strategic customer behavior and carbon emissions-sensitive random demand is taken into consideration and discuss the impact of carbon...
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