The Increasing Price of a Free Flight
After a busy month of travel to Europe and throughout the United States, on Saturday I learned of Aeroplan’s upcoming increase to the point requirements for a “free” flight.
After a busy month of travel to Europe and throughout the United States, on Saturday I learned of Aeroplan’s upcoming increase to the point requirements for a “free” flight.
We have created a Canadian Pharmaceutical Market Research Paper. For more information go here.
For many lost deals, price was not the factor; perceived quality was the driving force behind the decision. Collect customer feedback and use lessons learned to refocus your service-delivery model and win more deals.
This week I had the opportunity to attend the Pharma-Market Research Conference in Toronto. All the major players in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry were present; Pfizer, Bayer, GSK, Roche etc.
Why was your airplane overbooked? How come the price for a hotel room changes from day to day and how do car-rental companies know how many cars to have at any given airport? These questions and more can be answered by looking at the management science tools used by some businesses to manage revenue, costs and capacity utilization.
With the recent launch of the iPad 2, much has been made about Apple’s decision to launch it at the same list price as the original iPad. Unfortunately most of what I have read has skirted what I see as the key pricing questions at the centre of this debate.