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Review of Pricing Class 1
Let me begin with a summary of the assigned textbook readings, following which I shall talk about maximizing profit calculations. Chapter 1- Strategic pricing Pricing strategically is critical to success given the correct market conditions for a new product or … Continue reading
Pricing class begins next saturday..
Getting ready for class this week and next. I have two cases to prepare and two chapters to read from the textbook, ‘The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably’, by Thomas Nagle. I’ll post a … Continue reading
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Strategy Final
After finishing up the macro final, I decided to head home to take the Strategy final from the comfort of my home, in the presence of Mr. Porter and some other competitive strategy research papers. I know you are not … Continue reading
Macroeconomics Final
Well, what a day! We had macro finals at Haas today. The Anderson Hall was packed with Oski and Axe cohorts- I was a few minutes late (thanks to the early morning revision!) but found a good seating spot. 10 … Continue reading
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Rates of inflation
It turns out that other things being constant, domestic inflation will cause the value of a nation’s currency to depreciate in the foreign exchange market! Holy hell, it will. Deflation has the opposite effect: it results in appreciation of the … Continue reading
The San Antonio Plant Closure
Setting: January 1990 Levi Strauss’s San Antonio plant, which manufactures sports coats, is on the road to closure after leadership decided to shift its strategy to focus exclusively on the Original 501 and Dockers brands. This plant that has been … Continue reading
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Philosophers Part 1
Plato Socratic paradox: No one is willingly bad and that people do wrong because they have not the knowledge to do right, which is virtue. Counter argument to Socratic paradox: Every man believes that injustice is much more profitable to … Continue reading
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Customer Value Proposition- Wiley Publishing
Current Customer Value Proposition. Target Customer: Community colleges Segment characteristics – Dominant needs: Student Success, Faculty Development and Support – Academic focus: general education – Established online program – Existing Wiley usage (textbooks, WileyPLUS, and WFN) – Centralized decision making – … Continue reading
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