Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the relationship between quality differentiation, income distribution and product line design. According to the findings, the author can explain the trend of quality differentiation and the phenomenon of extreme product diversity in different conditions o...

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Main Author: Chia-Ming Liu
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Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2017-05-01
Series:Innovative Marketing
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description The purpose of this paper is to characterize the relationship between quality differentiation, income distribution and product line design. According to the findings, the author can explain the trend of quality differentiation and the phenomenon of extreme product diversity in different conditions of income distribution. When the middle class of consumers reach a certain critical few number, the quality for them will descend. Only the high-end and low-end quality left for this extreme condition; that is, the product quality spectrum will shrink. The product quality for middle and low class will gradually get worse and worse, even lower than original quality. The product line design will be reconsidered to the opposite extremes.
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spelling doaj-art-e9151a7a95d149ccba5f1fe78d3ef9fb2025-08-20T03:06:41ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Innovative Marketing1814-24271816-63262017-05-01131243210.21511/im.13(1).2017.038739Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line designChia-Ming Liu0Assistant professor, Department of International Business, Chang Jung Christian UniversityThe purpose of this paper is to characterize the relationship between quality differentiation, income distribution and product line design. According to the findings, the author can explain the trend of quality differentiation and the phenomenon of extreme product diversity in different conditions of income distribution. When the middle class of consumers reach a certain critical few number, the quality for them will descend. Only the high-end and low-end quality left for this extreme condition; that is, the product quality spectrum will shrink. The product quality for middle and low class will gradually get worse and worse, even lower than original quality. The product line design will be reconsidered to the opposite extremes.https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/8739/im_2017_01_Liu.pdfincome distributionmarketing strategiesproduct line designproduct line pricingquality differentiation
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Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
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income distribution
marketing strategies
product line design
product line pricing
quality differentiation
title Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
title_full Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
title_fullStr Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
title_full_unstemmed Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
title_short Income distribution, quality differentiation and product line design
title_sort income distribution quality differentiation and product line design
topic income distribution
marketing strategies
product line design
product line pricing
quality differentiation
url https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/8739/im_2017_01_Liu.pdf
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