Pricing and Profitability Management

Pricing and Profitability Management
Author: Julie Meehan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047082705X

The practical guide to using pricing and profitability management to build a better business A comprehensive reference for any business professional looking to understand the capabilities and competencies required for effectively managing pricing and profitability, Pricing and Profitability Management explains how to determine the right approach, tools, and techniques for each of six key categories (pricing strategy, price execution, advanced analytics and optimization, organizational alignment and governance, pricing technology and data management, and tax and regulatory effectiveness). Exploring each category in detail, the book addresses how an integrated approach to pricing improvement can give a sustainable, competitive advantage to any organization. The ultimate "how to" manual for any executive or manager interested in price management, the book presents a holistic, comprehensive framework that shows how integrating these pricing categories into a cohesive program leads to impressive gains that cannot be achieved through a single-pronged approach. Presents a comprehensive framework for more effectively managing pricing and profitability Identities the six key categories of pricing and profitability management Shows you how to gain a competitive edge by managing pricing and profitability Taking a comprehensive view of pricing, companies can position themselves to tap a vast source of shareholder value—the ability to set and enforce profitable prices, not just once, but again and again in response to marketplace changes and evolving business needs—and this book will show you how.

The Price Advantage

The Price Advantage
Author: Michael V. Marn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2004-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471690023

The Price Advantage by three preeminent experts at McKinsey & Company is the most pragmatic and insightful book on pricing available. Based on in-depth, first-hand experience with hundreds of companies, this book is designed to provide managers with comprehensive guidance through the maze of pricing issues. The authors demonstrate why pricing excellence is critical to corporate success and profitability, then explain state-of-the-art approaches to analyzing and improving your own pricing strategy for any product or service. Their advice is critical for readers who need to develop pricing strategies that work in both good economic times and bad.

Setting Profitable Prices

Setting Profitable Prices
Author: Marlene Jensen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2013-01-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118502663

Time-tested strategies for making the best possible pricing decisions and gaining an unbeatable competitive advantage Pricing is one of the most important—and difficult—marketing problems companies face when launching new products. Unfortunately, the research that goes into making optimal pricing decisions is a very time-consuming process—unless, that is, you can afford to pay a consultant or outside agency to do it for you. But if you're like most small- to medium-sized business owners and managers, time and money are two things you absolutely don't have to spare. Problem solved: Written by a nationally recognized pricing expert, this book arms you with proven strategies for guaranteeing that you'll never again leave money on the table when determining prices. And you'll spend the least possible time setting your more profitable prices. Packed with valuable worksheets and other valuable tools to help guide your research and your pricing decision-making A goldmine of expert tips for pricing in any specialty market, it offers a highly effective way to market your company's product more effectively and profitably Shows you how to avoid making your competitors' pricing mistakes and gain a powerful competitive edge in the process The author uses examples drawn from her years of consulting work with companies large and small, including Food Network, American Express Publishing, and Playboy

The Price Advantage

The Price Advantage
Author: Michael V. Marn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2004-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471466697

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Fit for Growth

Fit for Growth
Author: Vinay Couto
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119268532

A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right. *Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& Inc. in the United States

Smart Pricing

Smart Pricing
Author: Jagmohan Raju
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2010-03-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0137071884

In Smart Pricing: How Google, Priceline and Leading Businesses Use Pricing Innovation for Profitability, Wharton professors and renowned pricing experts Jagmohan Raju and Z. John Zhang draw on examples from high tech to low tech, from consumer markets to business markets, and from U.S. to abroad, to tell the stories of how innovative pricing strategies can help companies create and capture value as well as customers. They teach the pricing principles behind those innovative ideas and practices. Smart Pricing introduces many innovative approaches to pricing, as well as the research and insights that went into their creation. Filled with illustrative examples from the business world, readers will learn about restaurants where customers set the price, how Google and other high-tech firms have used pricing to remake whole industries, how executives in China successfully start and fight price wars to conquer new markets. Smart Pricing goes well beyond familiar approaches like cost-plus, buyer-based pricing, or competition-based pricing, and puts a wide variety of pricing mechanisms at your disposal. This book helps you understand them, choose them, and use them to win.

Revenue Management

Revenue Management
Author: I. Yeoman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230294774

Pricing is about deciding your market position whereas revenue management is the strategic and tactical decisions firms take in order to optimize revenues and profits. This book offers insights into research, theories, applications and innovations and how to makes these work in different industries.

The Price Advantage Workbook

The Price Advantage Workbook
Author: Michael V. Marn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2005-01-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471725501

Pricing--for any company in any industry--is far and away the most sensitive profit lever available. Still, few companies or managers execute pricing well, and most regularly miss valuable opportunities. Whether testing the techniques and knowledge gained from reading The Price Advantage or supplementing personal knowledge in the field, this companion workbook is essential. The Price Advantage Workbook is a comprehensive and insightful self-study guide that eases the understanding of the three levels of pricing from the broad industry view through product/market strategy to day-by-day transaction management. Hard-hitting questions demonstrate why superb pricing strategy is critical for business success and profitability and explain state-of-the-art approaches to analyzing and improving pricing for any product or service. With a focus on translating pricing theory into real improvements and bottom-line performance, this workbook will help you improve your understanding of pricing concepts and strategy and give you a competitive advantage in any economy.

The 10 Rules of Highly Effective Pricing

The 10 Rules of Highly Effective Pricing
Author: Danilo Zatta
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1394195761

Transform your organisation’s pricing strategy to take advantage of exciting new opportunities to unlock profitable growth In The Ten Rules of Highly Effective Pricing, renowned pricing strategist Danilo Zatta delivers an insightful and effective roadmap to taking control of your organisation’s monetization strategies and boosting profits. The author explains the 10 key elements to transform your price management; such as making pricing a CEO priority, instilling a culture of profit, selling value, differentiating prices, setting up the pricing governance, avoiding price wars and other rules to help capture opportunities for extraordinary profit and growth that companies not observing these rules simply miss out on. In this authoritative yet easy-to-read book, you’ll explore inspiring case studies of real-world companies that have realised the tremendous potential of pricing transformation to unlock their firms’ latent profitability. You’ll also discover the foundational pricing concepts you need to understand if you aim to drive incredible results in your company’s top- and bottom lines. This book also offers: All the necessary ingredients for a successful, company-wide pricing transformation Clear explanations of the key elements that determine successful pricing - and how to maximize profitability at the pricing level Strategies for identifying present and future monetization opportunities Techniques for generating immediate wins, as well as strategies for generating long-term advantage A can’t-miss resource for managers, founders, executives, directors, and entrepreneurs with a stake in driving growth and profitability in their firms, The Ten Rules of Highly Effective Pricing will also earn a place on the bookshelves of business and management students learning about contemporary pricing strategy. 'Company marketers spend a lot of time on promotion and take pricing for granted. Zatta's new book The 10 Rules of Highly Effective Pricing will help wake up company marketers to the profit coming from creative pricing.’ - Philip Kotler, S. C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University