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When Advance Purchase need to be Made for Future Consumption – An Empirical Investigation of Consumer Choice under Bucket Pricing
Sun, Bao-Hong; Sun, Yacheng; Li, Shibo - 2006
Bucket pricing entails a prepaid price and a maximum consumption limit, which requires consumers to make advance purchase decisions before their consumption needs are fully revealed. We propose a dynamic model that involves how consumers form expectations of future consumption needs, learn to...
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Emotional labor in intercultural service encounters: An experience sampling study
McCance, Andrea S. - 2010
The body of literature surrounding emotional labor, defined as service employees’ effort to manage their emotions to meet organizational goals (Hochschild, 1983; Morris & Feldman, 1996), exhibits a severe lack of studies examining intercultural service encounters (i.e., service episodes in which a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477796
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Knowledge management: a residential aged care perspective
Preece, Michael - 2011
This research explores perceptions of knowledge management processes held by managers and employees in a service industry. To date, empirical research on knowledge management in the service industry is sparse. This research seeks to examine absorptive capacity its four absorptive capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480133
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Identifying entrepreneurship readiness for the application of the Lean Startup practices in the service industry – Case study Romania
Racolța-Paina, Nicoleta Dorina; Andrieș, Andreea Maria - 2017
The Lean Startup approach revealed around 2011 came as a novelty in the field of entrepreneurial management. The abbreviated version of the principles that mold the entire concept, states that instead of spending years developing a product towards perfection, a product that in the end might not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716430
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Trade Integration and the Rise of the Service Sector in Latin America : the Case of Honduras
Hauck, Benjamin Christoph - 2006
This thesis analyzes the service dimension of the Central American Free TradeAgreement (CAFTA) and examines the challenges and opportunities which it entailson El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras with a particular focus on the financialsector. CAFTA’s principal merits are seen to be the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471624
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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells
Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010
Dienstleistungssektor unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kundenintegration erklärt werden kann.Als Ausgangspunkt wird argumentiert, dass … absatzorientierten Auslandsinvestitionen und mithin der weitaus überwiegende Teil der Entstehung von MNU im Dienstleistungssektor … erklären.Die zentrale Bedeutung der Kundenintegration bei der Entstehung von MNU im Dienstleistungssektor wird zudem empirisch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447148
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
einigerUnzulänglichkeiten in der Lage ist, die wirtschaftlicheEntwicklung in China zu erklären und Leitlinien für dieImplementierung politischer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471828
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Priorities and strategies for health information system development in China : how provincial health information systems support regional health planning
Yang, Hui - 2004
China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated … management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481029
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Business incubation in China: effectiveness and perceived contributions to tenant enterprises
Xu, L - 2010
popularity in China since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the perceived value of business … incubators from the perspective of start-up ventures and draw implications for future incubation programmes in China … benefits of the incubation programme.Findings: True to their names, business incubators in China have added practical value to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481777
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Devil wears (counterfeit) Prada: a study of antecedents and outcomes of attitudes towards counterfeits of luxury brands
School of Marketing
Shanghai, which cannot be generalized across whole of China. Further, only luxury brands are considered. Other cultural …
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