Shattering the Myth of Costless Price Changes: Emerging Perspectives on Dynamic Pricing

Mark Bergen, Shantanu Dutta, Daniel Levy (), Mark Ritson and Mark Zbaracki
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Mark Bergen: University of Minnesota
Shantanu Dutta: University of Southern California
Mark Ritson: London Business School
Mark Zbaracki: University of Pennsylvania

No 2003-09, Working Papers from Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper we argue that pricing is all about price changes, and that the costs of price changes are often simultaneously subtle and substantial. We discuss a framework to deal with the dynamics of changing prices. This framework incorporates customer interpretations of price changes, an awareness of the organizational costs of price changes, investments in future pricing processes, and an understanding of the role that supply chains play in price change strategy. The framework can be used at the tactical level to improve the specific price changes chosen and made, at the managerial level to decide whether or not to make a particular price change at all, and at the strategic level to determine what price adjustment processes should be invested in to improve pricing effectiveness in the future.

Keywords: Pricing; price setting; price adjustment; cost of price adjustment; price change management; investment in pricing processes; supply chains; customer costs of price adjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 D40 E31 L11 L16 M10 M20 M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-09
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