This article examines the relationship between the economic activities of Chinese migrants in the wholesale and retail sector in Lesotho, and the larger structural framework. More specifically, it investigates this relationship with reference to the general debate on Chinese migrants in Africa....

In the entry literature, researchers sometimes use revenues as a proxy for profits because this is the only data available. Doing so could seriously bias the results.

This paper employs the industry of origin approach to compare value added and productivity of Singapore and Hong Kong's Distribution Trade Sector for the period 2001-2008. The direct comparison between these two economies was motivated by the statements of the Singapore government: Its services...

В статье рассмотрены тенденции развития отечественной торговой сферы; дана структура оборота розничных торговых сетей и тенденция образования новых...

The paper shows some aspects with respect to the direct or indirect access of private agricultural producers in Timis County on the market in the City of Timisoara. A study carried out at wholesale and retail markets in 2011.

This paper proposes and applies a method of moments to estimate dynamic decision models with corner solutions. The method is applied to estimate a model of price and inventory decisions using data of individual goods from a supermarket chain.

This paper examines, using a zero-inflated negative binomial regression model, what determined entry into the Swedish retail and wholesale trade markets between 1990 and 1996. According to the results, high returns on equity and low sunk costs seemed to attract more entry into retail trade...

Executive summary <p> 1. The structure of retailing and wholesaling in Eastern Europe has been significantly altered by privatisation and liberalisation in the transition from central planning to market economy. Furthermore, many western retailers faced with saturated domestic markets have expanded...</p>

The paper sets out from the definition of the value chain upon which follows the analysis of the value chain structure ih the food sector. Special attention is paid to market forms in the food sector (competition, agreements, oligopolistic constellation and the like). After that, modern form of...