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Kill A Brand, Keep A Customer, Nirmalya Kumar
Kill A Brand, Keep A Customer, Nirmalya Kumar
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Kill a Brand, Keep a CustomerMost brands don't make much money. Year after year, businesses generate 80% to 90% of their profits from less than 20% of their brands. Yet most companies tend to ignore loss-making brands, unaware of the hidden costs they incur.That's because executives believe it's easy to erase a brand; they have only to stop investing in it, they assume, and it will die a natural death. But they're wrong. When companies drop brands clumsily, they antagonize loyal customers: Research shows that seven times out of eight, when firms merge two brands, the market share of the …
Acceptance Of Golden Rice In The Philippine Rice Bowl, Mark Chong
Acceptance Of Golden Rice In The Philippine Rice Bowl, Mark Chong
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Few science issues in recent years have elicited such polarized public reactions as modern biotechnology and its agricultural applications. Although a new study conducted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (Ithaca, NY, USA) indicates that Southeast Asian stakeholders generally hold positive views about agricultural biotechnology.
Profits In The Pie Of The Beholder, Daniel Corsten, Nirmalya Kumar
Profits In The Pie Of The Beholder, Daniel Corsten, Nirmalya Kumar
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
In the early 1990s, grocery suppliers and retailers joined forces to streamline operations - an initiative called "efficient consumer response." Today, suppliers feel like they're not getting their fair share of the profits from ECR. But they stand to lose more if they give up on it, the authors say.