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Niklas Lars Hallberg
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Organizational barriers and the implementation of customer value map analysis : A case study of a global manufacturing firm in the polymer technology industry
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Summary, in English
Value-based pricing is often recommended as superior pricing strategy (e.g. Dolan & Simon, 1996; Hinterhuber, 2008; Liozu et al., 2012; Marn et al., 2004; Monroe, 2003). However, while many studies provide detailed analytical recommendations on how to identify customer value and competitor prices (Forbis & Mehta, 1981; Kortge & Okonkwo, 1993; Marn et al., 2004; Monroe, 2003; Shapiro & Jackson, 1978; Smith & Nagle, 2005), the internal coordination and control mechanisms that determine firms’ ability to implement value-based pricing are often more vaguely described. 1 For example, coordination and cooperation between different business departments (Dolan, 1995; Dutta et al., 2002; Lancioni, 2005b; Lancioni et al., 2005; Monroe, 2003; Nagle & Holden, 2002; Vogel et al., 2002) is identified as a key success factor for a more effective pricing but seldom elaborated. This is troubling since prior studies have found that firms often find it difficult to replace less effective pricing strategies, such as cost-based pricing and competition-based pricing, with value-based pricing (Hinterhuber, 2008). One reason for this may be that firms lack clearly specified authority levels for granting list price discounts to customers and systems for monitoring the sales force (Hallberg, 2017a; Johansson et al., 2012; Stephenson et al., 1979).
Department/s
- Department of Business Administration
- Institute of Economic Research
Publishing year
2017-01-01
Language
English
Pages
54-71
Publication/Series
Innovation in Pricing : Contemporary Theories and Best Practices, Second Edition
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Economics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781351732369
- ISBN: 9781138738256