The Price Advantage / Wiley Finance Editions (PDF)

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART ONE: Pricing Fundamentals. CHAPTER 1: Introduction. The Power of 1 Percent. The Price/Volume Tradeoff. Market Forces Add Pressure. The Nobility of Pricing Excellence. Why the Price Advantage Is So Rare. CHAPTER 2: Components of Pricing Excellence. An Integrated Approach. An Interdependent Hierarchy. Applying to Your Company--Pinpointing the Opportunity. PART TWO: Exploring the Levels. CHAPTER 3: Transactions. The Pocket Price Waterfall. The Pocket Price Band. The Soundco Radio Company Case. Pocket Margin Waterfall and Band. Alen Glass Company Case. CHAPTER 4: Customer Value. Mapping Value. Creating a Value Map. Making Moves on the Value Map. Putting Customers on the Value Map. Value Profiling. CHAPTER 5: Market Strategy. Profiting from Better Price Predictions. Planning for an Expected Price Change. Maintaining Optimal Production and Capacity. Improving Pricing Conduct. Influencing the Elements of Pricing Conduct. A Word on Followership. CHAPTER 6: Pricing Infrastructure. Processes--What Are the Most Critical Types of Pricing Decisions for Your Business? Organization--Who Is Running the Pricing Profit Center? Performance Management--How Should We Recognize and Reward Pricing Performance? Systems and Tools--No Magic Bullet Exists. PART THREE: Unique Events. CHAPTER 7: Postmerger Pricing. A Temporary Window of Opportunity. Tremendous Opportunities at Each Pricing Level. Avoiding Common Postmerger Traps. Antitrust Laws. CHAPTER 8: Price Wars. Why Price Wars Should Be Avoided. What Really Causes Price Wars. Staying Out of Price Wars. Getting Out of Price Wars. When a Price War Might Make Sense. PART FOUR: Expanding the Boundaries. CHAPTER 9: Legal Degrees of Freedom. Pricing Decisions That Raise Red Flags. Minimizing Risks While Meeting Pricing Objectives. Calling in the Attorneys. CHAPTER 10: Lifecycle Pricing. What Makes Lifecycle Pricing Tough. The Three Phases of Product Lifecycle Pricing. Sustaining Returns Across the Lifecycle.

WALTER L. BAKER is a partner in the Atlanta office of the international consulting firm of McKinsey & Company. Since joining McKinsey in 1998, he has worked with clients across multiple industries in the areas of pricing, sales, marketing, and strategy. With particular focus on the technology and industrial sectors, he has authored articles on pricing in CMO magazine, the McKinsey Quarterly, and the Harvard Business Review.

MICHAEL V. MARN is a partner in the Cleveland office of McKinsey & Company. He joined McKinsey in 1977 and has developed some of the most widely used analytic approaches for identifying and capturing opportunities in pricing. He has written articles on pricing that have appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Harvard Business Review.

CRAIG C. ZAWADA is a partner in the Calgary office of McKinsey & Company. Since joining McKinsey in 1997, he has worked with companies across multiple industries, helping them to identify and capture improvements in pricing. He is widely published in the area of pricing strategy, with articles appearing in the Harvard Business Review, Mergers & Acquisitions, and the McKinsey Quarterly.

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