Trade-off : Why some things catch on, and others don't
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- ISBN: 9780385525947
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Physical Description:
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217 p. : ill ; 21 cm. - Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2009.
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Gibsons Public Library | 338.064 MANE (Text) | 30886000377560 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Why did the RAZR ultimately ruin Motorola? Why does Wal-Mart dominate rural and suburban areas but falter in large cities? Why did Starbucks stumble just when it seemed unstoppable? The answer lies in the ever-present tension between fidelity (the quality of a consumer's experience) and convenience (the ease of getting and paying for a product). In Trade-Off, Kevin Maney shows how these conflicting forces determine the success, or failure, of new products and services in the marketplace. He shows that almost every decision we make as consumers involves a trade-off between fidelity and conveniencebetween the products we love and the products we need. Rock stars sell out concerts because the experience is high in fidelity-it can't be replicated in any other way, and because of that, we are willing to suffer inconvenience for the experience. In contrast, a downloaded MP3 of a song is low in fidelity, but consumers buy music online because it's superconvenient.