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How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price | HBS Working Knowledge

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price | HBS Working Knowledge

Are consumers more likely to buy if they see the price before the product, or vice versa? Uma Karmarkar and colleagues scan the brains of shoppers to find out. by Carmen Nobel Think of the last time you went shopping. By the time you decided to buy a product, you knew both what you were […]

Case Study: Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift | Harvard Business Review

Case Study: Second Thoughts About a Strategy Shift | Harvard Business Review

So it was considered a great coup when Emilia’s board announced that Augustín had been recruited as the company’s next leader. His mandate was to radically reinvent an enterprise that seemed to have lost its way in the face of challenges from fast fashion, big-box stores, and e-commerce. Emilia, named for the mother of the […]

Paper – Mind Your Pricing Cues | Harvard Business Review

Paper - Mind Your Pricing Cues | Harvard Business Review

If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone: For most of the items they buy, consumers don’t have an accurate sense of what the price should be. Consider the findings of a study led by Florida International University professor Peter R. Dickson and University of Florida professor Alan G. Sawyer in which researchers with clipboards stood […]