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An EPIC Pricing Challenge

Cas 9 10 2021 001
Cas publié dans la Revue internationale de cas en gestion, vol. 19, no 3
Auteurs : 
Langues : 
  • Anglais
Mots clés: 
  • Pricing,
  • Pricing analysis,
  • Survey analysis,
  • Events,
  • Pandemic,
  • Not-for-profit
Année de production : 
2021
Date de publication : 
2021-08-19
Notes pédagogiques incluses : 
Oui
Résumé

In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, EPIC (a not-for-profit organization) decided to replace its usual in-person conference with a virtual conference. After outlining the challenge, the case recounts the history of EPIC and its conferences (including earlier pricing changes and their impact), the progression of the pandemic in early 2020, the process resulting in the March 30 decision to go virtual, and the efforts launched in late April to decide how to price a virtual versus an in-person conference. Various factors and considerations are presented, including the conference’s pricing changes over the years, other conferences planned for 2020 that had been changed to a virtual format or cancelled, and a survey of EPIC members to determine their price sensitivity. Excel spreadsheets of the survey data are provided for students and professors.

Discipline principal : 
Marketing
Discipline secondaire : 
Non disponible
Secteurs d'activité : 
  • Services professionnels, scientifiques et techniques,
  • Enseignement et formation
Provenance : 
HEC Montréal
Type : 
Cas traditionnel (Cas décisionnel)
Type de données pour la production du cas : 
Données réelles, non publiques, non maquillées
Lieu de l'événement : 
USA and world
Année de début de l'événement : 
2020
Année de fin de l'événement : 
Non disponible
Taille de l'entreprise : 
Petite et moyenne entreprise
Principaux thèmes couverts

Pricing

Objectifs pédagogiques
  • Understand the logic behind value-based pricing and why beginning with perceived value is always the optimal approach for setting prices.
  • Understand the limits and issues related to status-quo pricing, competitive-based pricing, and cost-based pricing.
  • Understand that event pricing has a number of unique attributes that limit managers’ ability to engage in market tests or A/B testing.
  • Understand how to use survey data to estimate pricing sensitivities and compute the price/volume trade-offs and related revenue levels across a number of participant attributes.
  • Understand price signalling and its limitations.
  • Understand that pricing decisions should not be based solely on maximizing revenues for specific purchases but should also consider the lifetime value of acquired customers and non-financial considerations such as participation and outreach related to the organization’s mission and strategy.
Concepts et théories en lien avec le cas

Pricing analysis