Does location matters : a case study of pubs in Singapore.

This paper focuses its discussion on the pub industry in Singapore, and aims to investigate how and why prices of identical products differ at different establishments. To do so, we recognize that alcoholic beverages are a luxury good, and that the pub industry in Singapore is a monopolistically c...

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Main Authors: Choo, Jackson Kar Seng., Seow, Florence Wen Fang., Sim, Aubrey Ke Zhen.
Other Authors: David Alexander Reisman
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38674
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This paper focuses its discussion on the pub industry in Singapore, and aims to investigate how and why prices of identical products differ at different establishments. To do so, we recognize that alcoholic beverages are a luxury good, and that the pub industry in Singapore is a monopolistically competitive market. We then determine that the basis for differing prices of identical products at different establishments lie in product differentiation, namely horizontal product differentiation. Following that, we break down the methods of horizontal product differentiation employed by pub owners into five aspects: ambience, service crew, food, amenities and location.