The law of marginal utility states that customer satisfaction decreases with each unit purchased. So, the more your customers purchase, the less satisfaction they get from each additional purchase. If ...

It is one of the basic principles taught to students studying economics. Introduced by Lord Alfred Marshall, it forms a crux in the micro-economic level often reflected in routine, day-to-day life.

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Years ago I got my MBA. In the process, I took several economics courses. Somewhere in one of them, I was exposed to the theory of marginal utility. Basically, the marginal utility of something is the ...

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