Price, Quality and Trust

Price, Quality and Trust
Author: Mari Sako
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1992-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521413869

The management of buyer-supplier relations has come to be regarded as a key to achieving manufacturing competitiveness, particularly in sectors facing global competition based on both price and quality. This book is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the link between the type of buyer-supplier relations and corporate performance. Dr Sako examines how British and Japanese companies in the electronics industry manage their relationships with buyers and suppliers, the empirical study comprising a three-way comparison of a Japanese customer company, a British customer company, and a Japanese company in Britain, and an analysis of 36 supplier companies in Britain and Japan. Variations of the companies' business practices are assessed in terms of technology, the nature of market competition, the national legal framework, financial structures, employment systems, and the mode of entrepreneurship. The author identifies two distinct approaches in the two countries - the arm's-length contractual relation (ACR) in Britain, and the obligational contractual relation (OCR) in Japan - and argues that the trust and interdependence present in the latter can be a powerful springboard from which to achieve corporate success.

Honoring the Trust

Honoring the Trust
Author: William F. Massy
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2003-01-15
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"Honoring the trust achieves three major goals: 1) to describe and document the problems facing today's colleges and universities, 2) to offer a vision of what the solutions to these problems will look like, and 3) to provide practical guidance for those who would be change agents or drivers of change."--Page 2 of cover.

Pricing

Pricing
Author: Gábor REKETTYE
Publisher: Transnational Press London
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1910781940

Pricing: The New Frontier by Gábor REKETTYE and Jonathan LIU Published: May 2018 The importance of pricing and price management is growing all over the world, primarily due to the turbulent economic situation, accelerating technological development, the saturation of markets and the globalization of competition. All these trends affect the achievement of company objectives, place prices, pricing and price management in a context that differs greatly from what has been known before. In developing and fast moving economies like India, getting the pricing strategy right is a necessity for the short and long term future of the firm. The pricing decision will impact on the profitability and ultimately on the performance of the firm. Executives and managers responsible making pricing decisions will find this book useful and informative in shedding light on an area that is complicate and complex. – Dr M.K. Nandakumar, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Leading technological development across the world requires an in-depth understanding of the impact of the pricing decision and business strategy. This book will give its readers a clear understanding of impact of the pricing decision on the industry, the customer and its competitors. I fully recommend and endorse this book. – Jeff C.K. Lim, BU Deputy CEO at ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. Singapore. Pricing of goods and services is a critical decision that creates immediate competitive advantage. This book explains the principles of pricing clearly and concisely. It seamlessly knits concept and practice. It is a useful text book but also useful to practicing managers charged with challenging task of pricing goods and services. I strongly recommend the book to practitioners and students. – Professor Abby Ghobadian FBAM, FAcSS, CCMI, Professor of Management, Henley Business School, United Kingdom. At a time when almost continuous change is disrupting nearly all industries and the internet is putting ever more power in the hands of the customer, a book that treats pricing with substance and foresight is a welcome addition to the market. – Professor John R. Schermerhorn, Jr., O’Bleness Professor Emeritus, Ohio University, United States In contemporary business pricing is much more than just the money equivalent of the product value. This book provides a high-quality review of different concepts and issues regarding pricing from different stakeholders’ perspectives. It can be recommended both as students’ textbook as well as a managers’ toolkit for making strategic and tactical pricing decisions. – Professor Mirna Leko Šimić, Professor of Marketing at Faculty of Economics at J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Price is the value that is attached to a product or service and is usually the result of complex set of calculations, research and risk analysis. This book provides comprehensive and understandable strategies and tactics that one may use to price a product or service in our current the multi-faceted operating environment. It is a great resource for both practitioners and academics. – Dr Dolores Rinke, CPA, Professor Emerita, Purdue University, United States In a fast-changing world with fierce competition, pricing has been increasingly the new frontier and battle field for business operations. Dynamic pricing needs to be deployed as the brand new strategy for global organizations to gain competitive advantages and sustainable profit growth. This book provides insightful knowledge of the dynamics of setting price in a networked global context, and enables academics and professionals to have a clear understanding of the principle and practice. – Dr Xinping Shi, Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China. Getting the pricing of products and services right is challenging and difficult. It is more complicated in a globalized world and further challenging when it is across different types of economies. This book will offer guidance in setting and negotiating prices for trading across borders and on the digital platform, and will prove useful for practitioners and students. I highly recommend the book. – Professor Vincent XG Qi, PhD, FRAI, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Marcel Mauss Chair Distinguished Professor of Global Supply Chain Management and Business Anthropology, Anshan Normal University in China. Contents PART 1. PRICING BASICS Chapter 1. PRICING IN FOCUS Chapter 2. THE ECONOMICS OF PRICING Chapter 3. CUSTOMERS’ PRICE PERCEPTION Chapter 4. PRICES, COSTS AND PROFIT Chapter 5. METHODS OF PRICE SETTING PART 2. STRATEGIES AND TACTICS OF PRICING Chapter 6. PRICING STRATEGY Chapter 7. PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE PRICING Chapter 8. DYNAMIC PRICING Chapter 9. PRODUCT LINES PRICING Chapter 10. PRICE BUNDLING PART 3. INTERMEDIARY PRICING Chapter 11. PRICING ACROSS THE MARKETING CHANNELS Chapter 12. RETAIL AND WHOLESALE PRICING Chapter 13. PRICING IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Chapter 14. SUCCESSFUL PRICE NEGOTIATIONS Bibliography Index Product Details: ISBN: 9781910781944 Publisher: Transnational Press London Published: 23 May 2018 Language: English Pages: 320 Interior Ink: Black & white Weight (approx.): 0.65 kg Dimensions (approx.): 18.9cm wide x 24.59cm tall

The Book of Trust

The Book of Trust
Author: Yoram Solomon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781701073197

In The Book of Trust, 13-times author and founder of the Trust Building Institute Dr. Yoram Solomon shows you how to build the most important quality you can have: your trustworthiness. A trustworthy salesperson can sell the same product for 29.6% higher price. A trustworthy leader can increase productivity by 64%. Trustworthy CEOs generate 286% better shareholder returns. Yet, trust is deteriorating rapidly in our country. We have lost trust in the government, the media, major brands, our companies, and in each other. This book explains the seven laws of trust: Law #1: Trust is Continuous. Law #2: Trust is Contextual. Law #3: Trust is Personal. Law #4: Trust is Asymmetrical. Law #5: Trust is Transferable. Law #6: Trust is Reciprocal. Law #7: Trust is Two-sided. The model in this book demonstrates how to build your trustworthiness through six components: competence, shared values, fairness/symmetry, positivity, time, and intimacy. This model is based on more than a decade of research done by the author, decades of experience as an executive and board member of multiple organizations, from startups to multi-billion dollar entities, as an elected official, and as a member of the Israeli Defense Forces 35th Airborne Paratroopers brigade. This book is not theoretical. While based on research, it offers a strong action plan that helps you identify and build the habits that will make you trustworthy. It is accompanied by a series of mini-books that include specific, one-page habits that would address any trustworthiness issue you might have in any relationship, professional or personal.

The SPEED of Trust

The SPEED of Trust
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2008-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1416549005

Explains how trust is a key catalyst for personal and organizational success in the twenty-first century, in a guide for businesspeople that demonstrates how to inspire trust while overcoming bureaucratic obstacles.

ICBAE 2022

ICBAE 2022
Author: Bima Cinintya Pratama
Publisher: European Alliance for Innovation
Total Pages: 1100
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1631903640

The 3rd International Conference of Business, Accounting, and Economics (ICBAE) 2022 continued the agenda to bring together researchers, academics, experts and professionals in examining selected themes by applying multidisciplinary approaches. This conference is the third intentional conference held by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and it is a bi-annual agenda of this faculty. In 2022, this event will be held on 10-11 August at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The theme of the 3rd ICBAE UMP 2022 is “Innovation in Economic, Finance, Business, and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Economic Development”. It is expected that this event may offer a contribution for both academics and practitioners to conduct research related to Business, Accounting, and Economics Related Studies. Each contributed paper was refereed before being accepted for publication. The double-blind peer review was used in the paper selection.

Re-Engaging in Trust

Re-Engaging in Trust
Author: Jan Berger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977238719

The U.S. healthcare system exists in a trust crisis. Without trust, the United States Healthcare system is doomed to mediocrity. Although healthcare is the most personal of interactions, the U.S. healthcare system is grounded in a business model based on a win-lose paradigm. Unfortunately, recent events both in society at large and within the healthcare industry have created negative trust resets(TM) that has only magnified the problem. Healthcare is unique in that it personally impacts every individual in the United States; whether being employed in the industry, an influencer such as media or government or a utilizer of healthcare services. If we are to address the challenges of access, cost and quality of healthcare we have to do more than alter payment and organizational models. We have to address the elephant in the room; trust. It will require a conscious behavior change by each stakeholder to improve trust across the system.

Price, Quality and Trust

Price, Quality and Trust
Author: Mari Sako
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-04-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521061063

Long-term, close trading relations based on trust have come to be regarded as a key to the management of buyer-supplier relations in industry, while the arm's length and adversarial commercial bargain has fallen out of favor. This book examines these contrasting approaches, and the link between them and corporate performance, through a study of the electronics industry in Britain and Japan, and offers a unique integration of multi-disciplinary theorizing and original comparative empirical work. It will be of use to those interested in the nature of the firm, and students of comparative economic performance in Japan and Britain.

The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation

The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation
Author: Francesca Giardini
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2019-05-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0190494093

Gossip and reputation are core processes in societies and have substantial consequences for individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and markets.. Academic studies have found that gossip and reputation have the power to enforce social norms, facilitate cooperation, and act as a means of social control. The key mechanism for the creation, maintenance, and destruction of reputations in everyday life is gossip - evaluative talk about absent third parties. Reputation and gossip are inseparably intertwined, but up until now have been mostly studied in isolation. The Oxford Handbook of Gossip and Reputation fills this intellectual gap, providing an integrated understanding of the foundations of gossip and reputation, as well as outlining a potential framework for future research. Volume editors Francesca Giardini and Rafael Wittek bring together a diverse group of researchers to analyze gossip and reputation from different disciplines, social domains, and levels of analysis. Being the first integrated and comprehensive collection of studies on both phenomena, each of the 25 chapters explores the current research on the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of the gossip-reputation link in contexts as diverse as online markets, non-industrial societies, organizations, social networks, or schools. International in scope, the volume is organized into seven sections devoted to the exploration of a different facet of gossip and reputation. Contributions from eminent experts on gossip and reputation not only help us better understand the complex interplay between two delicate social mechanisms, but also sketch the contours of a long term research agenda by pointing to new problems and newly emerging cross-disciplinary solutions.