This study is arguing that management would benefit in pricing decision from simple rules of thumb more than from complicated models. These rules are easy to use and they provide management with useful support to move towards optimisation and to diminish gap between theory and practice. This...

This study is arguing that management would benefit in pricing decision from simple rules of thumb more than from complicated models. These rules are easy to use and they provide management with useful support to move towards optimisation and to diminish gap between theory and practice. This...

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