Next I cover with you, competitor pricing models. Before we really go into the depths of it, let's first discuss when do competitor pricing models really matter. What are the prerequisites, or the leading indicators on when you have to pay more attention to it. In my experience, they're four. It starts with the product cycle maturity, meaning are you in an industry with immature products where there are still frequent technological disruptions or market disruptions? Or is it a very stable product proven technology with limited, or at least predictable innovations? And in that case, if you're more on the right and side of the scale then it's clearly a candidate for the competitive pricing models. Next is the industry concentration, similar to the y axis of our competitive pricing frameworks. The question here is, are there many players, a fragmented market, possibly with low entry barriers? Or do you have established large players with high entry barriers. And again, if you have few large competitors then it matters a lot how they price. Product differentiation is our next dimension. Here the axis goes from undifferentiated and commoditized goods, to something completely customized. Where competitive pricing models play a role is probably a little bit left of the center here And, lastly, how transparent is the pricing in the market you're operating? Is it totally intransparent, or are the competitors' prices very visible and transparent? And you guessed it right. Competitor pricings model are a lot more important if you have a transparent market. I want to introduce an analog around chess when it comes to competitive pricing models. Chess is usually seen as a great example of strategy. There is a very obvious goal trying to set your opponent check mate. You have to plan through every move and there's certain rules to the game. And after every step your opponent is making a move then you have to respond to. Very similar in pricing, you have to think ahead of a series of moves not only yours but also the competitors. However, the competitors might do unexpected things they might chang even the strategy so you have to re-adjust and tune your strategy. And lastly, there are lot of ways to win this game. If you know how it's played. And sometimes that's not as obvious as you might think. There are three use cases for Competitor Pricing Models. First one is price setting. Here, you set the price for a new product based on the next best alternative. We covered this example in the customer value course. The next one are price moves where you try to actively manage your prices through war-gaming. We'll talk through any detailed examples after this. And lastly, there are price wars where you try to avoid or break the vicious circle of lowering the prices round by round.