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Specifying and Resolving Temporal Commitments
Mallya, Ashok Ullal - 2002
Commitments are a powerful representation for modeling multiagent protocols, especially for applications such as … semantics of commitments and how to check compliance with them. However, these approaches, although valuable, do not capture … some of the subtleties that arise in applications of commitments in real-life settings. In particular, practical contracts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431260
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Spatial dependence and individual-tree growth models I. Characterising spatial dependence
Fox, J. C.; Bi, H. Q.; Ades, P. K. - 2007
neighbours are subject to similar environmental conditions, but the confounding influence of competition was also observed over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448357
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Settling for second best?: Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal-Mart's entry to the United Kingdom
Sparks, Leigh - 2011
Purpose - This paper evaluates the comparative progress of Asda in the UK since its surprise takeover by Wal-Mart in 1999. Wal-Mart expected to become the #1 retailer in the UK and many commentators saw massive problems ahead for local retailers. These expectations were not met; this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465849
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Inventory Management Under Market Size Dynamics
Olsen, TL; Parker, RP - 2008
We investigate the situation where a customer experiencing an inventory stockout at a retailer potentially leaves the firm's market. In classical inventory theory, a unit stockout penalty cost has been used as a surrogate to mimic the economic effect of such a departure; in this study, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431041
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Trading in European Equity Markets: Fragmentation and Market Quality
Wagener, Martin - 2011
The introduction of the European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) ended the quasi-monopoly of national exchanges in equity trading across Europe and enabled alternative platforms, so-called multilateral trading facilities (MTF), to compete for order flow. This thesis analyzes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434477
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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction
Economides, Nicholas - NYU Stern School of Business - 2004
point to the real danger that theintent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition intelecommunications will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435083
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The Effects Of Competition On The Price For Cable Modem Internet Access
Chen, Yongmin; Savage, Scott J. - University of Colorado at Boulder; University of … - 2007
An important issue in economics is how market structure affects prices.While the standard view is that competition … access, with orwithout competition from a DSL provider, and using education dispersionand ethnic diversity as proxies for …, competition reduces prices. As preference becomes morediverse, the negative effect of competition on prices diminishes; andwhen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435113
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Decomposing the Congestion Effect and the Cross-Platform Effect inTwo-Sided Networks: A Field Experiment
Tucker, Catherine; Zhang, Juanjuan - MIT Sloan School of Management; MIT Sloan School of … - 2008
This paper highlights how the provision of information about userparticipation can serve as a strategic marketing tool for firms seekingto grow two-sided exchange networks. A two-sided exchange network is abusiness model (such as Ebay or Craiglist) where revenue is generatedfrom persuading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435138
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The Effects of International Simple Resale on Prices in InternationalTelecommunications Markets
Pearcy, Jason; Savage, Scott J. - Tulane University; University of Colorado at Boulder - 2009
This paper empirically investigates the effect of international simpleresale (ISR) authorization on the prices for international messagetelephone service (IMTS). We compile a firm-level panel data set forover 200 United States-foreign country bilateral markets from 1995 to2004. These data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435161
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The new quality philosophy and management's role
Narath, A. - 2008
This talk is about leadership. Leaders are people at every level in an organization who believe in change and are energized by it. They understand the difficult realities of competitive existence. They motivate and challenge. They provide positive reinforcement -- but are never satisfied with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435384