interpreting intermediation as a single service it is pointed out that intermediaries can provide a number of services. The … intermediation services studied are, generally, not under threat by the diffusion of electronic commerce. The overall effects on … intermediation depend on the relevance of these services relative to others (e.g. order processing) which are supposed to become …

Examines the productivity performance of the wholesale and retail trade sectors in light of their significant … contribution to Australia’s record productivity performance in the 1990s. Fundamental changes in the nature and operations of … wholesale trade, in particular, have brought marked improvements in productivity performance over the 1990s. The paper examines …

We derive the most probable distribution of resources for a simple society. We find that a probabilistic analysis …

The performance related issues of buyer-distributor relationship have attracted both the academic and corporate … performance on relationship quality is relatively large. The study addresses broadly the issues as to what extent is the impact of … quality performance responsible for doing business with the organizational customers? To what extent is the relationship …

Identifies and quantifies restrictions affecting domestic and international trade in distribution services - mainly … restrictions in food distribution services. …