This study is examines the dynamics in prices paid in “pay-what-you-want” situations over multiple customer–seller transactions on an individual customer level. The analysis of potential dynamism in prices paid allows for an assessment of the profitability of pay-what-you-want pricing for...

Purpose – In general, as part of the ongoing discussion about the importance of business partnerships in industrial markets, specifically the paper seeks to comment on the Hunt et al. paper in this issue. Design/methodology/approach – Hunt et al. argue that one reason for the prominence of...

Das Management enger Geschäftsbeziehungen zwischen Unternehmen oder Unternehmen und Konsumenten wird oft als Erfolgsfaktor propagiert. Als eigenständiges Forschungsgebiet hierzu hat sich das Relationship Marketing in den letzten Jahren fest etabliert. In dem vorliegenden Buch wird ein Fazit...

The aim of both marketing theorists and resource-based view proponents is to explain the creation and the sustainability of competitive advantages (Srivastava et al., 2001, p. 777). What has not been considered so far is the role of exploitation positions within the competitive game. The purpose...