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Keep Your Customers Happy but Disorganized to Prevent Buyer Power

by Brian Viard | Sep. 14 2016

As a seller, you may often encounter a situation like this: your customers gather and discuss the product they want.

#Consumer Behavior, #Michael Porter, #5 Ps of Marketing, #buyer power

Countering Supplier Power: Can an Employee be Too Good?

by Brian Viard | Mar. 9 2016

Managers instinctively think about the threat of competitors because they can push down prices and lower profits. But there are.

#Education, #Management, #Employee Engagement

Knowledge Magazine

CKGSB Knowledge is the school's quarterly English language publication.

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#Alipay, #Android, #WeChat, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #JD.com, #Brian Viard, #Foxconn, #Pricing, #eCommerce, #Slider, #Marketing, #Alibaba, #Google

Learning from Market Entry: Keep Your Entrants Imaginary

What industry incumbents can learn from the forces that guide market entry.

by Brian Viard | Oct. 28 2014

#Slider, #Volkswagen, #Iron Ore, #Microeconomics, #Opportunity Cost, #Mergers and Acquisitions, #Brian Viard, #Pricing, #Chinese Company

Deciding to Invest in Something? Bear in Mind the Opportunity Cost

By using the principle of opportunity cost, Chinese companies can make better investment decisions.

by Brian Viard | Sep. 23 2014

#Industry, #Price Wars, #Brian Viard, #Economic Reform, #Slider, #Chinese Market, #C-trip, #Competition

Will Competition Work in Chinese Industries?

Can increased competition in Chinese industries help the country meet its goals for greater reforms? During last November’s Third.

by Brian Viard | Aug. 12 2014

#Environmental Pollution, #Brian Viard, #Hot Issues in China, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #Automobiles, #Beijing, #Policy, #Slider, #License Plate Restrictions

Restrictions on New Car Purchases: An Economist’s Road Trip

Various cities across China are restricting new car purchases in an effort to curb pollution and traffic using either auctions.

by Brian Viard | Jul. 9 2014

#eCommerce, #Taobao, #Monopoly, #Monopoly Pricing, #Slider, #Brian Viard, #Chinese Market, #Government Control, #Invisible Hand Revealed

China’s Salt Monopoly: Cracking Down on Illegal Contraband

China’s 2,132-year old salt monopoly and why it makes sense to finally end it. Early last.

by Brian Viard | Jun. 11 2014

#Brian Viard, #Movie Industry, #Slider, #Chinese Films, #Invisible Hand Revealed

Box Office Sales: It’s all a Matter of Timing (Part 2)

Last time I discussed how important movie-release timing is to box office sales in the US and how studios.

by Brian Viard | Apr. 17 2014

#Invisible Hand Revealed, #Film Production, #Game Theory, #Marketing Strategy, #Movie Industry, #Slider

Box Office Sales: It’s all a Matter of Timing (Part 1)

  Box office sales are a function of movie release timings, but warding off competition is a different ball game.

by Brian Viard | Apr. 7 2014

#Airlines, #Air China, #Employment, #Private Airlines, #Slider

Holding Up an Airline

The peculiar problem of pilot scarcity in China might be resolved with simple economics. From 1968 to 1973 US commercial.

by Brian Viard | Feb. 24 2014

#Big Mac Index, #iPad, #Slider, #iPad Index, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #Apple, #McDonald's, #Pricing

The iPad Index: Comparing Apples and Oranges

Is the iPad Index a good way of comparing the purchasing power parity of different countries? CommSec, a unit of.

by Brian Viard | Dec. 2 2013

#Invisible Hand Revealed, #Starbucks, #CCTV, #Pricing, #Slider

Starbucks Prices in China: How Much For a Cup of Coffee?

CCTV’s recent report examining Starbucks prices in China has created a storm in a coffee cup. Are the concerns.

by Brian Viard | Nov. 19 2013

#Slider, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Tackling Excess Capacity in Industry: The Race Not Yet Run

Should the government take on the task of reducing excess capacity in an industry or is that best left to.

by Brian Viard | Oct. 17 2013

#Invisible Hand Revealed, #externality, #Hotel, #InterContinental, #Shanghai Yaoda

“Beggar Thy (Hotel) Neighbor”: Some Hotels in China are Expanding at Any Cost

How opening new hotels in China could damage the entire industry In late May, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) celebrated the.

by Brian Viard | Sep. 16 2013

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