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Trust is a crucial factor in e-commerce. However, consumers are less likely to trust unknown Web sites. This study explores how less-familiar e-commerce Web sites can use branding alliances and Web site quality to increase the likelihood of initial consumer trust. We use the associative network...
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This paper analyses the impact of competition among downstream firms on an upstream firm's payoff and on its incentive to vertically integrate when firms on both segments negotiate optimal contracts. We argue that tougher competition decreases the downstream industry profit, but improves the...
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subscales. The results of the experiment provide evidence that creativity negatively affects brand attention but enhances brand …
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retourne dans les situations, les managers mettent en œuvre un processus d’enquête (Dewey, 1993). Dans ce processus, l’attention … qualifier les changements dans la tournure des évènements, etc. Or, l’attention est une ressource cruciale du manager en même … temps qu’une ressource rare (Laroche, 2001 ; Ocasio, 1997). Cette attention est par ailleurs fortement sollicitée du fait de …
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We characterize the competitive equilibrium on the credit market when borrowers can strategically default. We assume that the audit is subject of errors of the two types and that lenders cannot commit ex-ante. We determine the penalty, the loan rate, the audit and strategic default...
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An organic label offers a market signal for producers of organic food products. In Western economies, the label has gained high recognition, but organic food still represents a small part of total food consumption, which raises questions about the label's efficacy. By considering organic labels...
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La maîtrise du risque sanitaire des aliments fait partie intégrante de la stratégie des firmes agro-alimentaires. Ces entreprises mettent en place des dispositifs organisationnels aptes à générer une maîtrise efficiente des risques, à travers la conformation à des référentiels assez...
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We propose a simple equilibrium model, where the physical and the derivative markets of the commodity interact. There are three types of agents: industrial pro- cessors, inventory holders and speculators. Only the two first of them operate in the physical market. All of them, however, may...
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The competition between SEAQ International and Continental European equity markets to attract transactions in the most actively traded European stocks has intensified since the late 1980s. Because their transactions are organised in a different manner, and because reporting standards are not the...
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