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Ovunc Yilmaz, Assistant Professor of Operations, University of Colorado Boulder

What's dynamic pricing? An operations management scholar explains

Ticket prices for a coveted show can spike. gilaxia/E+ via Getty Images

Whether you’re booking a plane ticket at the last minute or looking to go to a lackluster preseason football game, you might encounter what’s known as dynamic pricing.

Using this strategy, companies adjust what they are charging in response to demand. They can cut or raise the prices as high as the market will bear in real time to maximize the money they make through sales.

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