The present work presents the concept approach and the types of the market risks, considering the representatives of the two correlative dimensions of the market: the supply and the demand. This approach dissociates from the other ways to define and to manage the market risks by the message that...

If producers have more information than consumers about goods’ attributes, then they may use non-price (rather than price) adjustment mechanisms and, consequently, the market may reach a new equilibrium even if prices don't change. We study a situation where producers adjust the quantity per...

If producers have more information than consumers about goods’ attributes, then they may use non-price (rather than price) adjustment mechanisms and, consequently, the market may reach a new equilibrium even if prices remain sticky. We study a situation where producers adjust the quantity (per...

If producers have more information than consumers about goods’ attributes, then they may use non-price (rather than price) adjustment mechanisms and, consequently, the market may reach a new equilibrium even if prices don't change. We study a situation where producers adjust the quantity per...

There has been increasing interest in understanding how firms undertake non-price adjustment activities, especially in situations where prices may be rigid despite changes in market conditions. Using scanner price data for over 4,500 different food products from a large US supermarket chain, we...

The purpose of the research is to justify the crucial importance of the strategic market- oriented company policy as an element (important factor) of competitiveness and especially the role of this factor in the forthcoming accession of Bulgaria to the EU; to determine the degree of companies'...

Theoretical prerequisites and messages are considered, which change the orthodoxy of economic theories by displaying the specific aspects of behavioral economics, as well as the necessity of interaction between the different scientific views when analyzing motivation. The motivation in this...

This paper focuses on a new concern in the small firm’s literature, namely what makes a small firm stay in business for a long time. It reflects a change in economic policy, away from an emphasis on volume of start-ups to an emphasis on quality of start-ups. The basic hypothesis is that...

Knowledge-based organizations (KBO) are usually considered to be those whose product or service is knowledge-intensive. The characteristics of a KBO, however, go beyond product to include process, purpose and perspective. Process refers to an organization’s knowledge based activities and...

The theory of competitive advantage of Michael Porter stated that national competitive advantage is a reflection of a "diamond" which is running properly and efficiently. But if a developing country like Romania does not have the right conditions for effective functioning of the "diamond", what...