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Architectures of Control in Consumer Product Design

Lockton, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

The idea of architectures of control is introduced through examples ranging from urban planning to digital rights management, and the intentions behind their use in consumer products are examined, with reference to case studies of printer cartridges and proposed ‘optimum lifetime products.’...

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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...

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The Australian Institute of Management Business report awards and their influence on corporate reporting in Australia

ANDERSON, Ray - EconWPA - 2005

annual report design and presentation and the financial practices of Australian companies. …

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Review of legislation regulating the architectural profession

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

In 1999, the Commonwealth Government referred legislation and associated regulations relating to the architectural profession to the Productivity Commission for inquiry and report within nine months. The reference was sent on behalf of the governments of the Northern Territory, the Australian...

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Assessing the Economic Value of Ecosystem Conservation

Pagiola, Stefano; Ritter, Konrad von; Bishop, Josh - EconWPA - 2005

an ecosystem, and why, can help to design more effective conservation approaches. From an equity perspective, the impact … single activity, and the seemingly simple question ‘how valuable is an ecosystem?’ can be interpreted in many different ways …, regional, or local level. (2) Determining the net benefits of interventions that alter ecosystem conditions. This question …

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The Statistical Mechanics of Complex Product Development: Empirical and Analytical Results

Braha, Dan; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - EconWPA - 2005

In recent years, understanding the structure and function of complex networks has become the foundation for explaining many different real- world complex biological, technological and informal social phenomena. Techniques from statistical physics have been successfully applied to the analysis of...

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Differentiated duopoly under vertical relationships with communication costs

Ghosh, Arghya; Morita, Hodaka - EconWPA - 2002

Platform sharing across manufacturers has recently become common practice in the automobile industry. Its important … between the advantage of platform sharing and the costs for manufacturers to communicate with their potential suppliers. The … result suggests that the information-technology revolution could be a reason for the recent prevalence of platform sharing in …

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Distributed Games

Monderer, Dov; Tennenholtz, Moshe - EconWPA - 1997

The Internet exhibits forms of interactions which are not captured by existing models in economics, artificial intelligence and game theory. New models are needed to deal with these multi-agent interactions. In this paper we present a new model--distributed games. In such a model each players...

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Does Resorting to Online Dispute Resolution Promote Agreements? Experimental Evidence

Gabuthy, Yannick; Marchand, Nadège - EconWPA - 2004

drastically affected by the design of automated negotiation. The settlement rule encourages disputants to behave strategically by …

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Competition in B2C eCommerce: Analytical Issues and Empirical Evidence

Schmitz, Stefan W.; Latzer, Michael - EconWPA - 2002

This paper questions the widely held view that B2C eCommerce markets are characterised by a high intensity of competition, using a mixture of theoretical arguments and empirical evidence. We discuss two hypothesis and survey empirical studies which test them. We argue that the goods sold in B2C...

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