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Reference price formation for product innovations: the role of consistent price-value-relationships


Peschel, Anne Odile; Zielke, Stephan; Scholderer, Joachim (2016). Reference price formation for product innovations: the role of consistent price-value-relationships. In: International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, Innsbruck-Igls, 15 February 2016 - 19 February 2016. CentMa GmbH, 101-103.

Abstract

When deciding between product alternatives, consumers have to compare the observed prices to their internal reference price to determine whether the offer is a good deal or not. For product innovations, for which no reference price has been established, it is unclear against which standard the observed price is compared. Despite extensive research on the use of reference prices, little attention has been devoted to the formation of an internal reference price for an unfamiliar product category. We suggest two mechanisms of how reference prices are constructed and find support for these in two experiments. Reference prices for an unfamiliar product category can either be formed through repeated exposure to incidental price information or through transfer of price information from a familiar, similar product category to an unfamiliar product category. Crucial is however that the product price-value relationship is consistent; a condition often not accounted for in product innovation testing.

Abstract

When deciding between product alternatives, consumers have to compare the observed prices to their internal reference price to determine whether the offer is a good deal or not. For product innovations, for which no reference price has been established, it is unclear against which standard the observed price is compared. Despite extensive research on the use of reference prices, little attention has been devoted to the formation of an internal reference price for an unfamiliar product category. We suggest two mechanisms of how reference prices are constructed and find support for these in two experiments. Reference prices for an unfamiliar product category can either be formed through repeated exposure to incidental price information or through transfer of price information from a familiar, similar product category to an unfamiliar product category. Crucial is however that the product price-value relationship is consistent; a condition often not accounted for in product innovation testing.

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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper), refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Informatics
03 Faculty of Economics > Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Language:English
Event End Date:19 February 2016
Deposited On:12 Jan 2017 13:59
Last Modified:24 Nov 2022 04:26
Publisher:CentMa GmbH
Series Name:Proceedings in Food System Dynamics
Number:4
ISSN:2194-511X
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2016.1611
Official URL:http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/proceedings/article/view/1611
Related URLs:http://www.ccrs.uzh.ch (Author)
http://www.centmapress.org (Publisher)
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:14595
  • Content: Published Version
  • Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)