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Cooperation between Competitors - Subcontracting and the influence of information, production and capacity on market structure and competition
Schenk, Christoph - 1999
werden erstens Signalling via Querlieferungen und zweitens die Auswirkungen auf Produktvielfalt und Kapazitätsentscheidungen … Wettbewerbern die Wohlfahrt erhöht oder reduziert. Der Markt ist in der Lage, Mechanismen wie z.B. Signalling via Querlieferungen zu … subcontracting model first signalling via subcontracting and secondly the effects on product variety and capacity decisions are being …
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The Use of Loan Loss Provisions for Earnings, Capital Management and Signalling by Australian Banks
Anandarajan, Asokan; Hasan, Iftekhar; McCarthy, Cornelia - 2005
this study, we examine whether Australian banks engage in earnings, capital management and signalling, and, if so, the … do not appear to use LLPs for signalling future intentions of higher earnings to investors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440734
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The returns to education : microeconomics
Harmon, Colm; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Walker, Ian - 2003
In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate of return to that private investment. While the literature is replete with studies that estimate the rate of return using regression methods where the estimated return is...
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Changes in unrecognised deferred tax accruals from carry-forward losses: Opportunism or signalling?
Herbohn, K.; Tutticci, I.; Khor, P. S. - 2008
, determined in accordance with AASB1020 ‘Accounting for Income Taxes’, reflect managers’ incentives to opportunistically manage … one-year-ahead performance. This result highlights the complexity of managers’ incentives in trading-off between managing …
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Is there a signalling role for public wages? : evidence for the euro area based on macro data
Pérez García, Javier José; Sánchez-Fuentes, A. Jesús - 2009
?. This paper tries to isolate the pure signalling effect that one sector might exert on the other by controlling for other …
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The Organization of Education
Eisenkopf, Gerald - 2007
.Chapter four discusses the impact of ability grouping in secondary educationon student incentives. Education provides a signal on … unobservable abilityfor employers and improves productivity after education. Selection setsbetter incentives in primary education … (Gesamtschulen) hat die erworbeneQualifikation aber eine höhere Signalwirkung. Deswegen haben die Schülerauch einen höheren Anreiz …
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Business use of branding strategies for e-commerce benefits
Onojaefe, Darlington Peter - 2008
This thesis identifies and examines evidence of e-commerce in three large businesses (Woolworths, Momentum and Santam) focusing on their Internet branding strategies, the impact of management actions and how those actions contribute to e-commerce success. Case study was used to assemble evidence...
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The Consumer Direct Services Revolution in Grocery Retailing: an exploratory investigation
Teller, Christoph; Kotzab, Herbert; Grant, David B. - 2006
Purpose - To provide empirical evidence and explanation of the phenomenon that providers of home delivery of groceries are still of minor importance in highly concentrated retail markets.Design/methodology/approach - Based on a critical literature review three propositions were set up. A web...
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Performance Implications of Multi-Channel Strategic Decisions by Incumbent Retailers: The Role of Order of Entry and Degree of Inter-Channel Coordination
Pentina, Iryna - 2008
The rapidly intensifying adoption of the Internet channel for marketing and sales by incumbent bricks-and-mortar retailers underscores the importance of assessing the impact of the online channel strategies on firm performance in the dynamic competitive environment. At the time when store-based...
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Customer management strategies using internet commerce in the Australian energy industry
Maher, Peter; Steane, Peter; Dufour, Yvon - 2007
The application and performance of Internet Commerce (IC) strategy has become a critical success factor in an industry characterised by volatile change and transformational upheaval. This article presents research examining how IC has been applied in Australian electricity utilities from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475251