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Uncertain Product Quality, Optimal Pricing and Product Development

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A firm is developing a new product. However, the firm is uncertain as to how consumers will perceive the product's desirability or quality. Using a general model of product quality, conditions for an increase in uncertainty to increase the optimal price are derived. General conditions are derived under which the firm prefers the less risky project, the one with lower quality variability. However, if at the optimal price the firm only has positive demand for high quality realizations, then the firm prefers a more risky project. As the uncertainty exists in the consumers' preferences, welfare effects can be determined, unlike in previous work examining uncertainty. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

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  • Anthony Creane, 2002. "Uncertain Product Quality, Optimal Pricing and Product Development," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 114(1), pages 83-103, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:114:y:2002:i:1:p:83-103:10.1023/a:1021054001562
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1021054001562
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    Cited by:

    1. Kimmo Berg & Harri Ehtamo, 2009. "Learning in nonlinear pricing with unknown utility functions," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 172(1), pages 375-392, November.
    2. Peng Du & Qiushuang Chen, 2017. "Skimming or penetration: optimal pricing of new fashion products in the presence of strategic consumers," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 257(1), pages 275-295, October.

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