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Title
Modeling the impact of product quality on dynamic pricing and advertising policies
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Abstract
The marketing-mix of price–quality and advertising–quality relationship is well studied. Less understood is the price–advertising–quality relationship. This article fills the gap, investigating the interplay between price, advertising, and quality in an optimal control model. Our results generalize the condition of Dorfman–Steiner in a dynamic context. Also, they point to the impact of greater product quality on the dynamic policies of pricing and advertising. Furthermore, a phase diagram analysis shows that quality develops monotonically in time and converges to a unique steady state. We also show that quality investment could either decrease or increase over time but this depends on its effectiveness. Our results spot the profitable opportunities of a firm managing a more complex marketing-mix.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of operational research. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2020
ISSN
0377-2217
DOI
10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.01.035
Volume/pages
284 :3 (2020) , p. 990-1001
ISI
000527276900015
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 03.03.2021
Last edited 17.08.2024
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