Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 798
Cover Image
Blue Economy and sustainable tourism management in coastal zones: Learning from experiences
Sotiriadis, Marios; Shen, Shiwei - 2020
paper adopts a supply/coastal zone perspective to investigate key issues and aspects related to the implementation of … question is: "What are the critical factors for effective implementation?" The paper's aim is to suggest a framework of … essential factors and guidelines for successful and effective implementation of related projects. The study's focus is on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610069
Cover Image
Quality Management in Project Management Consulting. A Case Study in an International Consulting Company
Ceptureanu, Eduard-Gabriel; Ceptureanu, Sebastian-Ion; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 19 (2017) 44, pp. 215-230
The present paper addresses quality management from the specific perspective of project management consulting service providers, in the framework of large infrastructure projects. Because of their supposed superiority in knowledge and experience, project management consultants have an ultimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725092
Cover Image
Migrant Entrepreneurship and New Urban Economic Opportunities
Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha; Baycan-Levent, Tüzin - 2009
Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic growth. This paper addresses the key factors determining the position of migrant entrepreneurs in the urban economy in the Netherlands. In order to develop a solid assessment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325729
Cover Image
Is a firm a firm? A Stackelberg experiment
Hildenbrand, Andreas - 2012
Industrial organization is mainly concerned with the behavior of large firms. Experimental industrial organization therefore faces a problem: How can firms be brought into the laboratory? The main approach relies on framing: Call individuals firms! This experimental approach is not in line with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294406
Cover Image
Empirical models of consumer behavior
Nevo, Aviv - 2010
Models of consumer behavior play a key role in modern empirical Industrial Organization. In this paper, I survey some of the models used in this literature. In particular, I discuss two commonly used demand systems: multi-stage budgeting approaches and discrete choice models. I motivate their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332107
Cover Image
Optimal Use of Rewards as Commitment Device When Bidding is Costly
Hu, Luke - 2012
This paper considers procurement auctions with costly bidding when the auctioneer is unable to commit himself to restrict the number of bidders. The auctioneer can, however, offer a financial reward to be paid to every short-listed bidders as an indirect commitment device. Rewards for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333722
Cover Image
Diversified quality production revisited the transformation of production systems and regulatory regimes in Germany
Sorge, Arndt; Streeck, Wolfgang - 2016
We revisit the concept of Diversified Quality Production (DQP), which we introduced about thirty years ago. Our purpose is to examine the extent to which the concept can still be considered tenable for describing and explaining the development of the interaction between the political economy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575712
Cover Image
Tax Policy, Location Choices, and Market Structure
Pfann, Gerard A.; van Kranenburg, Hans - 2002
A structural model of entry and fiscal policy is presented. It shows that taxation of variable production costs can increase product prices, lower competition, and reduce the availability of new products in small markets. The model?s test is based on a unique nationwide fiscal experiment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274360
Cover Image
The Effect of Entertainment in Newspaper and Television News Coverage
Greiner, Tanja - 2010
In this paper, we analyze the equilibrium amount of entertainment in news coverage of newspapers and television stations. We find that a shift in the inclination to read, expressed by a shift in the (psychological) distance costs, induces both media outlets to incorporate more entertaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427580
Cover Image
Is a firm a firm? A Stackelberg experiment
Hildenbrand, Andreas - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-20, pp. 1-26
Industrial organization is mainly concerned with the behavior of large firms, especially when it comes to oligopoly theory. Experimental industrial organization, therefore, faces a problem: How can firms be brought into the laboratory? The main approach relies on framing: Call individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312013