How companies can make more money by allowing you to ‘pay as you want’

The last couple of years has seen the rise of restaurants, museums and other businesses allowing customers to pay as they want. There may be altruistic reasons for companies to adopt this pricing, but research shows that “pay what you want” pricing can sometimes lead to an increase in revenue.

How companies can make more money by allowing you to ‘pay as you want’

The last couple of years has seen the rise of restaurants, museums and other businesses allowing customers to pay as they want. There may be altruistic reasons for companies to adopt this pricing, but research shows that “pay what you want” pricing can sometimes lead to an increase in revenue.

Here’s what happens to aid projects when the money dries up and the spotlight fades

As a former aid worker, I often wondered about what happened to the projects I worked on years later. Did the anti-corruption commission we founded itself become corrupt? Having given grants to women to start businesses, did the men allow them to work? And what about the community trained in maintaining the water pumps – did they see through their part of the bargain?

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