期刊名称：Annals of the University of Oradea : Economic Science
印刷版ISSN：1222-569X
电子版ISSN：1582-5450
出版年度：2009
卷号：XVIII
期号：04
出版社：University of Oradea
摘要：In most companies, there is ongoing conflict between managers in charge of covering costs (finance and accounting)
and managers in charge of satisfying customers (marketing and sales). Accounting journals warn against prices that fail to
cover full costs, while marketing journals argue that customer willingness-to-pay must be the sole driver of prices.
The conflict between these views wastes company resources and leads to pricing decisions that are imperfect
compromises. Profitable pricing involves an integration of costs and customer value. To achieve that integration,
however, both need to let go of misleading ideas and form a common vision of what drives profitability.
