The usual methods of segmenting firms are insufficient as they do not consider hidden (unobserved) groupings and do not consider the dynamic market context such as in the apparel industry. An empirical analysis was done using latent class analysis on a cross-section survey of 334 Indian apparel...

In this paper we classify competitive markets using a new form of normalized Herfindahl index and the degree of dominance of the leader. For this purpose we use the notion of copula, which connects two or more random variables with given marginals. The parameters of the two marginals (which are...

The challenges of sustainable development are well known: the full enjoyment of the earth's resources without compromising the welfare of future generations. It is to reconcile the three pillars on which the concept is based, namely: economic, social and environmental. Beyond that called...