Purpose: Promotional cues related to notions of fair prices or pricing designed to fit consumers’ needs are prevalent for many service offers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how both customers’ price fairness and idiosyncratic fit perceptions shape their tariff evaluations....

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit den kundenbezogenen Effekten und preispsychologischen Wirkungsmechanismen bei zwei zentralen Entscheidungsfeldern des Preismanagements: der Preisstrategie und der Preisstruktur. Im Rahmen der Preisstrategie wird das komplexe Zusammenspiel zwischen dem Preisimage und...

The Internet of Things is associated with a high revenue potential. However, its implementation and associated smart product-service offerings are still in the early stages. This article identifies the key adoption drivers and barriers on the part of B-to-B customers and highlights the strong...

Drip pricing (DP) is distinct from partitioned pricing as it sequentially discloses surcharges to consumers. Critics see DP as a deceptive pricing tactic because it obscures the final price of an offer. We examine the effects of the timing of the final price disclosure and the number of...