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Profit gain from a 1% improvement in each lever

Bar chart of operating profit gain from a 1% improvement in each lever: price 11.1%, variable cost 7.8%, volume 3.3%, fixed cost 2.3%.
Why a careful read of a price test pays: price moves profit more than any other lever. Source: Marn and Rosiello, Managing Price, Gaining Profit, Harvard Business Review, 1992

A bar chart of how much operating profit rises when a company improves price, variable cost, sales volume or fixed cost by 1%, from Marn and Rosiello's analysis of 2,463 companies. Price moves profit the most, at 11.1%. Use it to show a team why a pricing study deserves careful reading. Koji's price test helps put it into practice by showing demand, revenue and the reasons at each price.

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Operating profit gain
Price11.1%
Variable cost7.8%
Sales volume3.3%
Fixed cost2.3%

Average economics of 2,463 companies in Compustat.

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