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The Chinese retailing and wholesaling system between tradition and modernization

Musso, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Chinese distribution system, the structure of retailing in China has changed dramatically. This article describes the main …

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Network Strategy in the Digital Economy

Sammut-Bonnici, Tanya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This chapter is concerned with the ‘new’ world of information technology and knowledge intensity. This is a world marked by big investments in R&D, different cost structures and significantly changed demand conditions. You should read this chapter in conjunction with Chapter 19, which deals...

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Interpreting the Early Stages of the Self-service Revolution in Europe: the Modernization of Food Retailing in Spain, 1947-1972

Maixe-Altes, J Carles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This article explores the Americanisation of food retailing in Spain while making a running comparison with … to ascertain the evolution and modernisation of food retailing in two distinct competitive environments. The aim of this … study is to understand how Americanisation and retail innovation take place in a late-comer like Spain in the early stages …

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Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory and job satisfaction in the malaysian retail sector: the mediating effect of love of money

Tan, Teck Hong; Waheed, Amna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper examines what motivates employees in the retail industry, and examines their level of job satisfaction, using Herzberg's hygiene factors and motivators. In this study, convenience sampling was used to select sales personnel from women's clothing stores in Bandar Sunway shopping mall...

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The effect of Walmart on the tax base: evidence from New Jersey

Vandegrift, Donald; Loyer, John; Kababik, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper measures the impact of 30 Walmart openings on the municipal tax base using panel data for New Jersey municipalities from 1998-2007. We consider the impact of the new Walmart on the home municipality as well as the nearest adjacent municipality in the year the outlet opens as well as...

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Retailers and SME suppliers social responsibility in international supply chains

Pepe, Cosetta; Musso, Fabio; Risso, Mario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper presents an overview of corporate social responsibility drivers within international supply chains, following a multiple perspective of the different players involved. The study focused on the relationship between European large retailers and small-medium manufacturers in the food...

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Guest Editorial Preface. Special Issue on Retailer-Consumer Relationships

Musso, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The consumer-retailer relationship is based on an economic transition, but it is also a social interaction. The norms of economic and social behavior permeate, inform and, in some cases constrain the retail-consumer interactions. This depends on culture, but culture is a complex,...

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The social responsibility of retailers and small and medium suppliers in international supply chains

Pepe, Cosetta; Musso, Fabio; Risso, Mario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper presents an overview of corporate social responsibility (CSR) drivers within retailers’ supply chains, following a multiple perspective of the different players involved. The study is focused on the relationship between European retailers and small-medium enterprises in the food...

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The Geography of Retail Inventory

Lai, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

How different are retailers' inventory levels around the world? Specifically, are retailers' inventories constant across countries, converging, or at least co-integrating? These might be viewed as various forms of global determinism. To see which of these forms hold, I use a novel dataset...

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Productivity, Multinationals and Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from the UK Retail Sector

Anon-Higon, Dolores; Vasilakos, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper discusses the impact of foreign-ownership presence on the productivity performance of domestically-owned British retailers. In specific, we investigate the existence of productivity spillovers in the form of knowledge transfer. To guide our estimations, we develop a simple Hotelling...

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