LEADER 02928nam 22005414a 450 001 9910143399303321 005 20170809162038.0 010 $a0-470-89364-8 010 $a1-119-20136-5 010 $a1-280-31177-0 010 $a9786610311774 010 $a0-471-78429-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000355111 035 $a(EBL)251682 035 $a(OCoLC)68193613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226911 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12044780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226911 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263287 035 $a(PQKB)11333726 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC251682 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000355111 100 $a20050815d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPricing on purpose$b[electronic resource] $ecreating and capturing value /$fRonald J. Baker 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cJ. Wiley$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (402 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-471-72980-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-354) and index. 327 $aWhy is movie theater popcorn so expensive? -- Why are we in business? -- Mind over matter -- The old business equation -- The new business equation -- Ninety-nine-cent pricing, engagement rings, and the assumption of rationality -- The invisible hand : no one person knows how to make a pencil -- A tale of two theories -- Cost-plus pricing's epitaph -- The wrong mistakes -- Price-led costing replaces cost accounting -- What and how people buy -- The value proposition -- The consumer surplus and price discrimination -- Customer segmentation strategies -- Price discrimination in practice -- There is no such thing as a commodity -- Baker's law : bad customers drive out good customers -- Ethics, fairness, and pricing -- Antitrust law -- Who is in charge of value? -- Pricing on purpose : getting paid for the value your company creates. 330 $a-Reed Holden, founder, Holden Advisors Corp., www.holdenadvisors.com coauthor, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Profitable Decision Making, Third Edition""With Pricing on Purpose, Ron Baker had made an enormous contribution to the better understanding of pricing that will be accessible to anyone who wants to learn. People are intrigued by instances of what they see as idiosyncratic pricing. Sometimes it is idiosyncratic, but oft-times it is fiendishly clever and well researched. So is this book. There are examples that at first sight seem to have nothing to do wit 606 $aPricing 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPricing. 676 $a658.816 700 $aBaker$b Ronald J$0867337 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143399303321 996 $aPricing on purpose$92041727 997 $aUNINA