Reduce Price to Improve Revenues and Margins

CHOICE 1 OBJECTIVE: RETAIN CUSTOMERS

CHOICE 2 ISOLATE SEGMENTS: INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER SEGMENT

CHOICE 3 COMPONENT: SET A PRICE CAP

No. SIC Year Notes
1 4911 1995 To keep their customers, Duke offers corporations flexible rates, and also markets hourly rates.
2 8111 2009 Clients have argued for a long time that billing for each hour worked can encourage law firms to prolong a client's problem rather than solve it. When not paid by the hour, lawyers’ approach to their work changes. Morrison and Foerster negotiated a fixed fee for defending a company in court, covering work up to the point of a motion for summary judgment. The company made money, and the client was pleased.

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