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The rise of social media is causing challenges for brand managers of premium manufacturers in the fast moving consumer goods industry. Social Media platforms as innovative and open communication channels have to be integrated in the established media mix while preventing the damage of the...
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In his book on 'Market Microstructure' Spulber presented some strange results with respect to the impact of the substitutability parameter in an intermediation model with differentiated products and inputs. Intuitively, effects in the product and the input market should be similar: if firms...
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A standard “solution” offered to the deleterious effects of all-out price competition is for firms to engage in differentiation strategies. This solution, however, depends critically on the inability of rivals to imitate a successful differentiation strategy. With imitation, we show how...
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, distinction, consistency, trustworthiness, reputation, affiliation, and employee satisfaction. We conclude with a discussion of …
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This study investigates whether importers of U.S. wheat form an integrated market or a series of segmented markets. Two market integration tests are applied: one based on equilibrium price relationships and one based on disequilibrium price relationships. With the exception of a few importers,...
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marketing activities that go beyond R&D, the strong increase of me-too drugs, and, at the same time, the high industry … profitability have contributed to public skepticism. Despite this increasing role of marketing, studies on the profitability of …€™ performance is not only closely linked to their R&D activities but also to marketing activities such as advertising and product …
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Given that existing food eco-labels are still not well defined in consumers' experience, there is potential for new labels to generate more confusion. Consumers incur fixed costs to learn about a label's meaning. Market shares for existing certifications may be eroded by perceptions that new...
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Objetivou-se analisar a estrutura e a dinâmica da cadeia agroindustrial do café brasileiro após a desregulamentação e seus ajustamentos para atender as exigências do mercado. Estimou-se estrutura e valores da cadeia por meio dos custos e da produção. Dados e informações foram...
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To assess the attitudes with respect to the quality of banks’ service levels, we use survey data amongst more than 250 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of a range of Netherlands-based companies. These companies range from small to very large (including multinationals as Philips and Shell)...
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