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"The Real Thing:" Nominal Price Rigidity of the Nickel Coke, 1886-1959
Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2004
We report that the price of a 6.5oz Coke was 5¢ from 1886 until 1959. Thus, we are documenting a nominal price rigidity that lasted more than 70 years! The case of Coca-Cola is particularly interesting because during the 70-year period there were substantial changes in the soft drink industry...
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Value Creation and Profit Optimization
Winther, K. Tobias - EconWPA - 2002
The present paper develops a basic framework for evaluating and optimizing profits in a business operation. In developing a business we are often faced with an infinity of choices ranging from what products or services to sell and what customers to target to how to structure and manage the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561773
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Economic FAQs About the Internet
MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K.; Varian, Hal R. - EconWPA - 1996
structure of the Internet. We describe the history and current state of the Internet, discuss some of the pressing economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561459
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Microfinance Market Niches and Client Profiles in Bolivia
Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio; Meyer, Richard L.; Navajas, Sergio - EconWPA - 2001
This paper presents and interprets descriptive statistics generated from data obtained in a survey of clients of five microfinance organizations believed to be among the best in Bolivia. These lenders represent different combinations of organizational design, lending technology, and market area...
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The Bulgarian Banks' competitiveness: the case of Remote banking
Bojinov, Bojidar - EconWPA - 2003
and services via Internet. The remote banking becomes one of the main channels for bank services distribution. This paper … services available via Internet; online application forms; online banking application; other online/remote services. In spite … of the small number of Bulgarian banks, which offer their products and services via Internet, the research shows that …
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What Bulgarian Banks offer via Internet: an Overview
Bojinov, Bojidar - EconWPA - 2003
services via Internet. The remote banking become one of the main channels for bank services distribution. The Internet … expansion of the Bulgarian banks is at its beginning. The showed results are based on the Internet research, which has aimed to … describe actual picture of Bulgarian banks present in Internet. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077027
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Pricing on the Internet
Daripa, Arup; Kapur, Sandeep - EconWPA - 2003
become the norm. Apart from posted prices, the internet has extended the use of auctions, even to relatively low-value goods …
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What Bulgarian Banks offer via Internet: an Overview (v2)
Bojinov, Bojidar - EconWPA - 2003
services via Internet. The remote banking become one of the main channels for bank services distribution. The Internet … expansion of the Bulgarian banks is at its beginning. The showed results are based on the Internet research, which has aimed to … describe actual picture of Bulgarian banks present in Internet. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561755
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Changing boundaries and structure of a technological system: lessons from UK retail banking
Consoli, Davide - EconWPA - 2005
This article investigates the factors that have induced and shaped the process of industry evolution of banking in the United Kingdom and, in particular, the reorganization of the retail payments system. It will look at how the effects of technical progress within a changing regulatory framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076877
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Financial Development, Labor and Market Regulations and Growth
FONSECA, Raquel; GONZALEZ, Natalia UTRERO- - EconWPA - 2005
This paper investigates the importance that market regulation and financial imperfections have on …rm growth. We analyse institutions affecting labor market as Employment Protection Laws (EP) and Product Market Regulation (PM). We show that together with the beneficial effects of …nancial...
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