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Planung, Steuerung und Kontrolle leistungsbezogener Konditionen - Eine empirische Analyse zwischen Industrie und Lebensmittelhandel
Bendl; Harald - 2000
customers (e.g. Efficient Consumer Response initiatives).The industry has only recently realized that current rebate practices … should be reconsidered and that rebate systems require a complete overhaul. Most importantly, rebate systems should be linked … to retail performance; a producer should only offer a rebate when a retailer delivers a specific service in return (e …
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An Economic Analysis of the Supply of General Practitioners in the Rural and Urban Areas of Australia.
Abhayaprada Kamalakanthan - 2010
shortage of doctors as a result of many years of ineffective medical workforce planning. This thesis is based on the premise … that there is a supply shortage of doctors in many parts of Australia, and in particular, that there is a shortage of GPs … theories are discussed with respect to regulation in the doctor labour market, namely the public interest theory and the …
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PENAL INSTITUTIONS Use of Inmates for Private Gain: Authorize Use of Inmates as Voluntary Labor for Privately Owned Profit-Making Employers Producing Goods and Services for Sale to...
Wharton, Randall - 2004
HB 1173 would have amended Chapters 1, 5, and 10 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to allow inmates to volunteer for certain jobs in private industries. Additionally, it would have allowed the private sale of inmate-produced goods, directed the Georgia Department of Labor to...
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A Stochastic Inventory Model with Price Quotation
Liu, Jun - 2009
This thesis studies a single item periodic review inventory problem with stochastic demand, random price and quotation cost. It differs from the traditional inventory model in that at the beginning of each period, a decision is made whether to pay the quotation cost to get the price information....
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Evaluating Pricing Strategy Using e-Commerce Data: Evidence andEstimation Challenges
Sundararajan, Arun; Ghose, Anindya - 2008
As Internet-based commerce becomes increasingly widespread, large datasets about the demand for and pricing of a wide variety of productsbecome available. These present exciting new opportunities for empiricaleconomic and business research, but also raise new statistical issuesand challenges. In...
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The pricing journey – the evolution of approach and execution as organisational pricing capability develops
Ford, M; Dennis, C - 2010
An organisation’s approach to Pricing can be seen as a competency in the sense that it is a combination of skills, behaviours and the application of knowledge. As the efficiency and effectiveness of pricing decisions improve, then a range of indicators highlight a more thorough, considered and...
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The Role of Pricing Strategy in Market Defense
Uslay, Can - 2005
The price variable is among the most powerful instruments in the arsenal of the executives to achieve entry deterrence objectives. There are two main pricing strategies that firms may use to defend against a competitive market entry. The first of these options, limit pricing (or entry deterring...
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
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