Price Strategy is different in Service Businesses
Thomas, D. (1978, July). Strategy is Different in Service Businesses . Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/1978/07/strategy-is-different-in-service-businesses behind paywall The more abstract and complex the service, the greater the need to develop reputation. service businesses rely entirely on type and quality of service (reputation) they deliver being consistent in the delivery of the SAME quality of service value of a service is determined by a customer ... not the provider .. but the value can be marketed to customers so that they can perceive it customer must have some means of "experiencing" the service .. to recognize value further complicated by the need to review, revise and update services (a moving, ever changing target) capital is typically a barrier in product based businesses - service based businesses have no such moat to prevent others from competing