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Make Customers Happy: Charge Them More: Okay, I'm being puckish -- anyone in business knows that customers constantly argue for a better deal. But in at least some contexts, like buying wine, people feel better about what they buy if it costs more. That's the gist of what's called the price-placebo effect, reported...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Marketing, Marketing Research, Shankar Vedantam, Effect, Eliot Spitzer; Blog posts 2008-04-03

Why We Can't Stop Making Bad Decisions: Might the bailout of the week strategy in vogue in Washington be simply irrational behavior on an institutional level? I hinted at this in Peeling Away the Economic Onion. I ran across this Shankar Vedantam column in the Washington Post, Taking More Risks Because You Feel...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Financial Planning, Robots, Financial Services, Investment, Taxes; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Do Career Managers Actually Outperform Stars?: Sean Silverthorne has a good post on the car czar concept being floated as a lifesaver for Detroit.Â He raises a number of the issues, but hones in on the idea of a political appointee being in charge of the U.S. car business. Is a political appointee running the car...; Tags: Car, Sean Silverthorne, Professional Development, Career, Michael Fitzgerald; Blog posts 2008-12-11