The identification of the optimal selling time of stored goods is among the most essential eco-nomic decisions on a farm. Beyond monetary aspects, behavioral factors may influence farmers' selling behavior. In financial economics, the disposition effect is a commonly observed phenomenon. It...

When markets are incomplete, cultural norms may play an important role in shaping economic behavior. In this paper, we explore whether income shocks increase the probability of child marriages in societies that engage in bride price payments – transfers from the groom to the bride’s parents...

We use a novel data set with exact price quotes from virtually all German gasoline stations to empirically investigate how a temporary variance in local market structure - induced by restricted opening hours of specific players - affects price competition. We focus on stations selling gasoline...

When products are sold in advance, i.e. prior to consumption, consumers trade off an early, uninformed purchase at a low price against a late, informed purchase at a high price. This paper considers the effect of market structure on the prevalence of advance selling. We show that in an...

In today’s fast marketing over the Internet or online, many retailers want to trade at the same time and change their marketing strategy to attract more customers. Some of the customers may decide to cancel their orders partially with a retailer due to various reasons such as increase in...

We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in sequential trading mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller offers a price prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-No" format, it is the buyer. Both...

We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in two sequential mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now"...

We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in two sequential mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now"...

The mysterious brown bag -- A perfect sales storm -- The irrational buyer -- Pattern painting, cognitive biases, and heuristics -- The four levels of sales intelligence -- Shaping win probability -- Dual process -- Empathy -- Self-awareness -- Sales drive -- Self-control -- Shaping win...

Foreword / Professor Hugh Wilson -- Introduction: infinite value -- Accelerating profitable growth through value-based selling -- The infinite value concept -- Challenging trends for business markets -- A faltering response -- Is value-based business a better way? -- The 7 elements of the...

Major sales: who really does the buying / by Thomas V. Bonoma -- Ending the war between sales and marketing / by Philip Kotler, Neil Rackham, and Suj Krishnaswamy -- Match your sales force structure to your business life cycle / by Andris A. Zoltners, Prabhakant Sinha, and Sally E. Larimer --...

In today's fast marketing over the Internet or online, many retailers want to trade at the same time and change their marketing strategy to attract more customers. Some of the customers may decide to cancel their orders partially with a retailer due to various reasons such as increase in...

This paper studies the optimal mechanisms for a seller with imperfect commitment who puts up for sale one individual unit per period to a single buyer in a dynamic game. The buyer's willingness to pay remains constant over time and is his private information. In this setting, the seller cannot...

Many authors have studied the influence exerted by tourism on the economy. Today, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are an important factor influencing competitiveness in the tourism sector and consumers' decision-making concerning tourism purchases. Along with the expansion of...

Traditional sales versus lean selling -- What is value; lean selling principles -- The lean selling "funnel" process explained -- Combining the art of selling with the science of lean -- Client capability study and identifying the 8 deadly forms of lean waste -- Getting to the root cause of a...

Foreword / by Jeb Blout -- Introduction -- Blunt truth from the front lines : why so many sales -- As goes the leader, so goes the organization -- A sales culture without goals is a sales culture without results -- You can't effectively run a sales team when you're buried in crap -- Playing crm...