The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

Review, 94 (2), June, 251-67 -- James Mahoney (2000), 'Path Dependence in Historical Sociology', Theory and Society, 29 (4 …

patterns to US merger policy in the retail context, the rise of the Internet, and consumer-to-consumer sales. The chapters … developments in technology, retail formats, and data availability. The book goes on to study the changes in online retailing and … 'big data', and to examine competition in specific retail sectors including gasoline stations, automobile dealerships …

This book provides a uniform and coherent approach to the analysis of distribution systems in general and retail … systems in particular. It develops the fundamentals of retail demand and supply, and demonstrates how the provision of … distribution services is a principal determinant of economic outcomes in retail exchanges for both retailers and their customers …

Retail Formats: Theory and Measurement', Journal of Retailing, 78 (4), January, 281-95 -- Cédric Durand (2007 … the burgeoning multidisciplinary literature on the globalization of retailing. In addition to focusing on the retail … corporations and their expansionary strategies, it explores the multi-faceted impacts of retail globalization on host economies and …

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qualitative methods to generate divergence in creativity theory / Elizabeth D. Rouse and Michael G. Pratt -- Index. …