Product proliferation, cannibalisation, and substitution: A first look into entailed risk and complexity

2022 ◽  
Vol 243 ◽  
pp. 108327
Author(s):  
Mozart B.C. Menezes ◽  
Roberto Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Product Proliferation

Design for Variety: A Methodology for Understanding the Costs of Product Proliferation

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark V. Martin ◽  
Kosuke Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Product Line ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Profit Margins ◽  
Design For Variety ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Market Coverage ◽  
Product Proliferation ◽  
The Cost

Abstract This paper further develops the previously introduced concept of Design for Variety (DFV). Our study seeks a tool that enables product managers to estimate the cost of introducing variety into their product line. This will help them to maximize market coverage while maintaining required profit margins. Variety incurs many indirect costs that are not always well understood or are difficult to capture. These costs are often not considered by people making the decision about introducing variety. Our DFV model attempts to capture these indirect costs through the measurement of three indices: commonality, differentiation point, and set-up cost. These indices will allow the decision makers to estimate some of the generally unmeasurable costs of providing variety. We conclude this paper by discussing our validation plans for testing the model in industry.

scholarly journals Competition, Product Proliferation, and Welfare: A Study of the US Smartphone Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Fan ◽  
Chenyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Effect ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Oligopolistic Competition ◽  
Product Choice ◽  
The Us ◽  
Product Proliferation

This paper studies (1) whether, from a welfare point of view, oligopolistic competition leads to too few or too many products in a market, and (2) how a change in competition affects the number and the composition of product offerings. We address these two questions in the context of the US smartphone market. Our findings show that this market contains too few products and that a reduction in competition decreases both the number and variety of products. These results suggest that product choice adjustment may exacerbate the welfare effect of a merger. (JEL D43, G34, K21, L13, L41, L63)

scholarly journals Impact of Knowledge of Waste Recycling for Socio Ecological Improvement of Kalyani and Jalpaiguri Municipal Areas of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Arindam Ghosh ◽  
Dibyendu Pal ◽  
Amitava Biswas ◽  
S. K. Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Operating Variables ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Product Proliferation ◽  
System Variables ◽  
Ecological Improvement

Waste is a ceaselessly developing issue at worldwide and territorial just as at neighborhood levels. Due to vigorous globalization and product proliferation in recent years, more waste has been produced by the soaring manufacturing activities. The social ecology of waste recycling implies the structural, functional and managerial intervention of waste generation process. The specific objective of the research was to isolate and identify the system variables characterizing and the management of waste recycling process and to estimate intra and inter level of interaction amongst and between the variables for respective, inductive and interactive contribution. The present study takes a look into the approach, process and impact of ongoing waste management process, followed by the both Kalyani and Jalpaiguri municipalities. A set of agro-ecological, socio-economic and techno managerial factors have been developed by selecting two sets of operating variables. 21 independent variables and one dependent variable i.e. knowledge of waste recycling (y2) were selected for the research. Total one fifty respondents, seventy five from each municipal area have been selected by systematic random sampling. A basket of multivariate analytic techniques have been carried out to isolate and interpret the variables. Throughout the study it has been observed that in terms of variable behavior and responses there has been stark differences between Jalapaiguri and Kalyani where as some few variables like education, impact of waste management and recycling on health, water and micro flora and fauna have recorded the distinct contribution, for Jalpaiguri expenditure, volume of waste generation from household, impact of waste management on soil have gone in the determinant way. But in both municipal areas perception of environmental impact of waste management have recorded equal contribution. So it can be said that improper waste management leads to ecological damage and knowledge of waste recycling will reduce improper waste disposal and save our environment and ecology.

Product Proliferation under Rational Inattention: Application to Health Insurance

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 554-559
Author(s):  
Zach Y. Brown ◽  
Jihye Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Prescription Drug ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Rational Inattention ◽  
Drug Insurance ◽  
Acquisition Costs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Product Proliferation ◽  
To Receive

In markets with complicated products such as insurance, why do firms offer many products even when consumers appear to receive little benefit? We show that when consumers face information acquisition costs, firms may have an incentive to introduce many undifferentiated products. This allows firms to gain market share and increase markups. We document initial evidence consistent with the model using data from Medicare prescription drug insurance. Insurers that offer more duplicate or similar plans have higher-cost plans. These results suggest a role for policymakers to restrict product proliferation in markets with complicated products.

Brand relevance and the effects of product proliferation across product categories

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1192-1210
Author(s):  
Yanhui Zhao ◽  
Yufei Zhang ◽  
Joyce (Feng) Wang ◽  
Wyatt A. Schrock ◽  
Roger J. Calantone
Keyword(s):  
Product Categories ◽  
Product Proliferation

scholarly journals Media Bias in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (9) ◽  
pp. 2442-2476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Qin ◽  
David Strömberg ◽  
Yanhui Wu
Keyword(s):  
Market Competition ◽  
Media Bias ◽  
The Political ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Political Bias ◽  
Product Proliferation

This paper examines whether and how market competition affected the political bias of government-owned newspapers in China from 1981 to 2011. We measure media bias based on coverage of government mouthpiece content ( propaganda) relative to commercial content. We first find that a reform that forced newspaper exits (reduced competition) affected media bias by increasing product specialization, with some papers focusing on propaganda and others on commercial content. Second, lower-level governments produce less-biased content and launch commercial newspapers earlier, eroding higher-level governments’ political goals. Third, bottom-up competition intensifies the politico-economic trade-off, leading to product proliferation and less audience exposure to propaganda. (JEL D72, L31, L82, O14, O17, P26, P31)

The Discriminating Consumer: Product Proliferation and Willingness to Pay for Quality

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bertini ◽  
Luc Wathieu ◽  
Sheena S. Iyengar
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Product Proliferation
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