Pricing Products and services (lecture #15) Flashcards
what is a price?
barter
price is an indicator of _______
value
-ie value pricing
What do you want price to do?
-to meet the needs and expectations of consumers
what are some different pricing objectives (6)
‣Profit ‣Sales ‣Market Share ‣Unit Volume ‣Survival ‣Social Responsibility
what are the four types of competitive markets?
- Pure Monopoly
- Oligopoly
- Pure Competition
- Monopolistic Competition
describe monopoly
- single supplier of a product
- exist because of barriers to entry into a market that competition
- monopolists have full control of price
- usually not an ideal situation
- government usually regulates it
describe survival as a pricing objective
-during an economic crisis, might lower price to sell more goods allowing a company to stay afloat
describe social responsibility as a pricing objective
might have social responsibility to price goods lower so those with lower income can afford
why do monopolies arise
- Resources (a key resource required for production is owned by a single form)
- government regulation (government gives a single firm the exclusive rights to produce some good or service; gov-created monoplies)
describe oligopoly
- firms sell identical or differentiated products
- entry and exit barriers
- non-price competition is common
- imperfect competition
- few major sellers
- interdependence
- rivals aware of what others are doing
- collusion
describe pure competition
- many sellers (no single seller has an impact on price)
- products are homogenous
- individual firms must accept market price (price takers)
describe monopolistic competition
- large number of firms
- each firm produces a differentiated product
- firms compete on product quality, price, and marketing
What are the four pricing approaches?
- cost-based pricing
- value-based pricing
- competition-based pricing
- demand-based pricing
describe cost-based pricing
under cost based pricing the marketer primarily looks at production costs as the key factor in determining the initial price
what is the advantage of cost-based pricing
easy to implement as long as costs are known