Revenue management, hedonic pricing models and the effects of operational attributes

International Journal of Revenue Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 147-164

  Bacon, Donald R ^a   Besharat, Ali ^a   Parsa, H G ^a   Smith, Scott J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic pricing; Operational attributes; Pricing; Restaurants; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975886621     PISSN: 14747332     EISSN: 17418186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2016.077031     Document Type: Article

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