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Article: Higher Prices for Larger Quantities? Non-Monotonic Price-Quantity Relations in B2B Markets

TitleHigher Prices for Larger Quantities? Non-Monotonic Price-Quantity Relations in B2B Markets
Authors
KeywordsBargaining
Data-driven
Quantity discounts
Revenue management
Issue Date2016
PublisherINFORMS. The Journal's web site is located at http://mansci.pubs.informs.org
Citation
Management Science, 2016, v. 63 n. 7, p. 2108-2126 How to Cite?
AbstractWe study a microprocessor company selling short-life-cycle products to a set of buyers that includes large consumer electronic goods manufacturers. The seller has a limited capacity for each product and negotiates with each buyer for the price. Our analysis of their sales data reveals that larger purchases do not always result in bigger discounts. Instead, the discount curve is like an 'N'. While existing theories cannot explain this non-monotonic pattern, we develop an analytical model and show that the non-monotonicity is rooted in how the seller values capacity when negotiating with a buyer. Large buyers accelerate the selling process and small buyers are helpful in consuming the residual capacity. However, satisfying mid-sized buyers may be costly because supplying these buyers can make it difficult to utilize the remaining capacity, which is often too much for small buyers but not enough for large buyers. Our findings have implications for capacity rationing and posted pricing and the logic applies to many other industries.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/227474
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 4.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 5.438
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dc.contributor.authorZhang, W-
dc.contributor.authorDasu, S-
dc.contributor.authorAhmadi, R-
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-18T09:10:55Z-
dc.date.available2016-07-18T09:10:55Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationManagement Science, 2016, v. 63 n. 7, p. 2108-2126-
dc.identifier.issn0025-1909-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/227474-
dc.description.abstractWe study a microprocessor company selling short-life-cycle products to a set of buyers that includes large consumer electronic goods manufacturers. The seller has a limited capacity for each product and negotiates with each buyer for the price. Our analysis of their sales data reveals that larger purchases do not always result in bigger discounts. Instead, the discount curve is like an 'N'. While existing theories cannot explain this non-monotonic pattern, we develop an analytical model and show that the non-monotonicity is rooted in how the seller values capacity when negotiating with a buyer. Large buyers accelerate the selling process and small buyers are helpful in consuming the residual capacity. However, satisfying mid-sized buyers may be costly because supplying these buyers can make it difficult to utilize the remaining capacity, which is often too much for small buyers but not enough for large buyers. Our findings have implications for capacity rationing and posted pricing and the logic applies to many other industries.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherINFORMS. The Journal's web site is located at http://mansci.pubs.informs.org-
dc.relation.ispartofManagement Science-
dc.subjectBargaining-
dc.subjectData-driven-
dc.subjectQuantity discounts-
dc.subjectRevenue management-
dc.titleHigher Prices for Larger Quantities? Non-Monotonic Price-Quantity Relations in B2B Markets-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailZhang, W: wzhang15@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityZhang, W=rp02050-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1287/mnsc.2016.2454-
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dc.identifier.hkuros259237-
dc.identifier.volume63-
dc.identifier.issue7-
dc.identifier.spage2108-
dc.identifier.epage2126-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000407376000004-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl0025-1909-

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