Energy Price Risk was inspired by the success of the courses Tom James has been running in global energy and commodities trading and price risk management. It is the practitioner's guide to optimizing company performance using the correct price risk strategies and tools. Based on the author's...

Price management is one of the most central and sensitive elements of the process of managing a successful brand. Even a small change in price can have a disproportionate change in profitability, thereby increasing the importance of accurate and scientific ways of determining optimal prices....

The approach taken by researchers in the area of behavioral pricing is based on the psychological principles of human perception and information processing as well as on sociological principles of human relations and social norms. In this e-book we feature several researchers who have...

Intro -- FUEL PRICES: RHYME OR REASON? -- FUEL PRICES: RHYME OR REASON? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GASOLINE AND OIL PRICES -- SUMMARY -- GASOLINE AND OIL PRICE INCREASES -- FACTORS AFFECTING OIL PRICES -- WORLD DEMAND -- FINANCIAL SPECULATION -- VALUE OF THE DOLLAR -- NATIONAL SUBSIDIES -- OIL...

Intro -- Series Announcement Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Carbon Pricing Is Appealing -- 2. Why Politicians Are Reluctant to Price Carbon -- 3. Why Carbon Pricing Has Often Failed -- 4. When...