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Factors Behind International Relocation and Changes in Production Geography in the European Automobile Components Industry
Lampón, Jesús; Lago-Peñas, Santiago - 2013
This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159354
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Analysis of factors influencing Czech SMEs after EU accession
Šebestová, Jarmila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The main goal of this paper is to present current research findings in three fields - business environment as a source of innovations, education needs and dynamics of SMEs units. The conclusion is made as some recommendations and useful strategies to support this very important part of national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835794
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Globalization tendencies in the Czech SME'S - Historical Approach (1997-2004)
Šebestová, Jarmila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The main purpose of this paper is to present historical development of SME’s in the Czech Republic between years 1997 …-2004. It covers sections about changing strategy approach to prepare SME’s to EU entry and nearly two years in the European … Union. The Czech economy made big changes especially in SME field, because before year 1989 in the state managed economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837345
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Socially optimal Nash equilibrium locations and privatization in a model of spatial duopoly with price discrimination
Eleftheriou, Konstantinos; Michelacakis, Nickolas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We generalize Beladi et al. (2014) for any non-negative, increasing, continuous function of distance as transportation costs function. By doing so, we show that in a duopoly, partial privatization does not change the socially optimal character of the Nash equilibrium location. Our results call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266241
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Privatising Bratislava: Small Airport - Big Problem
Tomová, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In the paper we describe genezis of decentralisation and corporatisation of airport sector in the Slovak Republic to reveal circumstances influencing expected decision about Bratislava airport privatisation in 2011. Special attention is devoted to unmasking the political umbrella of process in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367978
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Sequential Spatial Competition in Vertically Related industries with Different Product Varieties
Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik; Marjit, Sugata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We demonstrate the sensitivity of the location of downstream firms, engaged in sequential spatial competition, to the vertical structure of an industry where no downstream firm can produce all varieties demanded.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559049
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Price Dispersion and Accessibility: A Case study of Fast Food
Stewart, Hayden; Davis, David E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This study examines spatial variation in the price and accessibility of fast food across a major urban area. We use novel data on the price of a representative fast food meal and the location of fast food restaurants belonging to one of three major chains in the District of Columbia and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836339
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Spatial competition for passengers and its influence on efficiency of European airports
Pavlyuk, Dmitry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study deals with estimation of European airports' efficiency values and their interrelation with a level of competition pressure for passengers among airports. In this paper we present a new adaptive definition of airport's catchment area. Using this definition we develop an indicator of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005108473
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Price Dispersion and Accessibility: A Case study of Fast Food
Stewart, Hayden; Davis, David E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This study examines spatial variation in the price and accessibility of fast food across a major urban area. We use novel data on the price of a representative fast food meal and the location of fast food restaurants belonging to one of three major chains in the District of Columbia and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621556
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Provision of Differentiated Public Goods within Organizations
Zudenkova, Galina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper analyzes provision of a differentiated public good within an organization. A moderate principal assigns a public good production to one of two extreme agents. A contributing agent then gets the opportunity to choose a public good variety he prefers but has to carry a cost of...
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