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This chapter estimates sustainable coverage and competitive effects of entry for Swiss newspaper sellers which sell composite goods, including a range of other products such as food and near-food items. It utilises the applied entry threshold ratio methodology from Bresnahan and Reiss (1991),...
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savings that are result from the lack of sophisticated savings channels. Hence, the investment depends on the individual …'s abilities on self savings, where the investment is considered as major motivating vehicle for economic activity due to its … and creating job opportunities and achieving economic development. Subsequently, the importance of the investment comes …
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The article formulates the information theory of firm, introduces the concept of firm as an operating system, which controls the firm’s operation by the means of the information resources processing, in an analogy with the operating system at a microprocessor in the computing devices,...
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investors choose CoBO as investment vehicle to avail the competent business opportunities in both emerging and budding economies. …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how organisational closure can inform strategic foresight. Design/methodology/approach – We draw insights from illustrative cases, i.e. Swissair, Sabena and Cameroon Airlines to illustrate our theoretical analysis. Findings – The study shed...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960–2012. Findings – The analysis led to the...
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This paper aims at presenting an in-depth review of the new economic relationships associated with the advent of e-commerce in the daily lives of consumers in Bulgaria, which greatly contributes to change and adapt to the modern business environment as well as to the new processes. In the paper...
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The debate on competition and innovation has produced a wide range of theoretical and empirical findings. Recently, corporate governance quality has emerged as an additional factor that may complement or substitute for competition’s effect on innovation. We aim to contribute to the debate by...
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This paper presents issues related to industrial marketing. Specifications of belt conveyors required for the proper belt selection for particular market segments have been collected. Several ways of promotions applied by different belt manufacturers has been presented and results of their...
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China’s reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has achieved notably through 30 years of reforms while the performance of SOEs is still low. Basing on a summing-up of reforms of SOEs the paper gives an evaluation of economic theories affecting China’s reform of SOEs. Focuses in different...
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