This paper aims to investigate, using data on both the placing of automobile dealers and automobile demand and supply variables, the effects of new automobile dealers' entry in previously monopoly markets. First, we identify relevant variables which influence the existence and the number of...

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

Portuguese Abstract: O Brasil tem assistido a intensos debates acerca da definição das exceções à regra geral de neutralidade de redes prevista no Marco Civil da Internet. Nessas discussões, a literatura estrangeira tem se revelado a principal fonte de orientação no enfrentamento de...

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

With the emergence of the internet, the e-commerce grows on daily basis, in Brazil and in the world. In 2007 was still very low by Brazilian trade firms, even considering only firms with 20 or more employees. Only 855 firms adopted this practice in a total of 38.339 firms. The set up of this...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of institutional supply arrangements to the world and sparked predatory competition among buyers. In this context, the rationalization of demand and use of medical inputs and the centralized management o these acquisitions are recommended strategies,...

With the emergence of the internet, the e-commerce grows on daily basis, in Brazil and in the world. In 2007 was still very low by Brazilian trade firms, even considering only firms with 20 or more employees. Only 855 firms adopted this practice in a total of 38.339 firms. The set up of this...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of institutional supply arrangements to the world and sparked predatory competition among buyers. In this context, the rationalization of demand and use of medical inputs and the centralized management o these acquisitions are recommended strategies,...

Spanish Abstract: Desde los años ochenta era natural que se presentara una transformación significativa en las formas del mercado de los productos dada la apertura económica y comercial, sin embargo, es hasta la década de los noventa que realmente se vive el florecimiento de nuevas cadenas...

Pelos dados da Wal Mart, a Companhia tinha, no início de 2004, 1.478 Lojas de descontos, 1.471 Supercenters, 538 Sam’s Clubs e 64 Mercados de vizinhança nos EUA. Em outros nove países operava 982 Lojas de descontos, 257 Supercenters, 80 Sam’s Clubs e 36 Mercados de vizinhança,...