Price and Quality Management with Strategic Consumers: Whether to Introduce a High or Low Product Variant

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Highlights:

• Markdown only is not optimal for firms in most cases.

• Sometimes, the firm is best to simultaneous markup/markdown and upgrade.

• Firm’s strategies on price and quality are contingent on quality cost structure.

摘要

•Markdown only is not optimal for firms in most cases.•Sometimes, the firm is best to simultaneous markup/markdown and upgrade.•Firm’s strategies on price and quality are contingent on quality cost structure.

论文关键词:Pricing,Quality,Strategic consumer behavior,Product introduction

论文评审过程:Received 31 March 2020, Revised 12 June 2020, Accepted 12 July 2020, Available online 21 July 2020, Version of Record 21 July 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2020.125541