Customer Review: Ronald J. Baker makes a sound economic case that the traditional method of generating prices by calculating costs and figuring in an acceptable profit is outdated and unsuitable for today's knowledge-based business world. Price differentiation and value-based costing have been around for a while,... more info
Customer Review: Ron Baker is doing for the professional services firms what Columbus and Pythagoras did for the "Earth is Flat" proponents! "Paradigm-shifting" has become so over-used in our culture, but it is not mere hyperbole when describing this book. The work is quite thorough, implementing excerpts, quotes,... more info
Customer Review: This book contains no original thoughts. It is nothing but a collection of quotes from other thinkers and books. Don't waste your time!
Customer Review: I read this book on the recommendation of a friend, Paul Dunn. Paul had already set me up to become a value pricing (VP) fan as that what he lives and breathes, and so I was already in a positive frame of mind to read the book. Well, the book blew my mind! It delivered on all of my expectations and... more info
Customer Review: This is an important book on an important topic - the creation of value and wealth by people working together in services relationships. It's hard to tell from the title, but this is, among other things, a one-volume economics education. Baker builds on extensive quotes from a who's who of economic... more info
