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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pricing Lessons from the Rolling Stones

Harvard Business Review

The Stones have always been aggressive in setting ticket prices, and it appears they''ve pushed too hard this time. In fact, I wrote my PhD dissertation on rock concert ticket prices. The situation faced by the Rolling Stones — sagging sales due to high prices — is one that all companies are susceptible to.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We talk about things like yield management, demand curves, and perishable inventory — factors that dictate our pricing strategies.

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How Retailers Can Appeal to Lower-Income Shoppers

Harvard Business Review

Gas prices have risen 90% from 2008 to 2010, leaving consumers with $160 billion less spending money per year. Many retailers are responding with across-the-board price promotion strategies. This is problematic, because not all shoppers are equally price sensitive across all categories. Unemployment remains high.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. stock markets over Icahn’s career, it’s a simple factual assertion — the total return on the S&P 500 has substantially outstripped economic growth. But applied to U.S. Why’s that?

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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Radical Transparency Can Reduce Bias — but Only If It’s Done Right

Harvard Business Review

Bridgewater Associates, which was founded by Ray Dalio in 1975, is the largest hedge fund in the world, managing almost $160 billion. And, in fact, the more power we have, and the higher we ascend in our careers, the less self-aware we become. Its size and success are not the only interesting thing about the company.