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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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Marx and the Mechanism of Functioning of a Socialist Economy

Kyn, Oldrich - EconWPA - 2005

This paper was presented at the Belgrade conference for one hundred years anniversary of 'Das Kapital'. Marx himself said very little about the concrete organization of a socialist economy. His general remarks about socialism were 'elaborated' by his followers by inference from Marx's criticism...

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Optimal Central Planning in 'Competitive Solution'

Kyn, Oldrich; Rychetnik, Ludek - EconWPA - 2005

This essay originated from the discussions of the role of central plan in an economic system with a functioning market mechanism. Such discussions emerged because of the implementation of the 'New Economic System'in Czechoslovakia. Under the old system, the role of the plan was considered clear...

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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Kyn, Oldrich - EconWPA - 2005

This short paper was presented in the discussion at the CESES conference about 'the Prices in Eastern Europe' in Florence, Italy, 1966. Its purpose was to formulate briefly but as precisely as possible the differences between Pure Market Economy, Command Economy, Lange-Lerner model of Market...

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MARKETING HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS’ SERVICE EXPECTATIONS

Raposo, Mario; Alves, Helena - EconWPA - 2005

Facing a growing competitive environment, higher education institutions have increased dramatically the competition for …

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A Time Series Analysis to Asymmetric Marketing Competition Within a Market Structure

Ramos, Francisco F. R. - EconWPA - 1996

series methodology to provide a more detailed picture of marketing competition in relation to competitive market structure … effects of marketing variables on sales between brands existed even between differents submarkets. second, it was found that … quaklity brands while the reverse was not true, supporting the theory of asymmetric switching or sales effects of marketing …

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Evidence on the Value of Strategic Planning in Marketing: How Much Planning Should a Marketing Planner Plan?

Armstrong, JS; Reibstein, David J. - EconWPA - 2004

What evidence exists on the value of formal planning for strategic decision-making in marketing? This paper reviews the … evidence. This includes two tests of face validity. First, we use the market test: Are formal procedures used for marketing … informal approaches to marketing planning? The paper concludes with suggestions on the types of research that would be most …

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