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Access regulation and investment in next generation networks: A ranking of regulatory regimes
Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) - 2009
consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008767
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Assessing competitiveness of foreign and local supermarket chains in Vietnamese market by using Fuzzy TOPSIS method
Yang, Albert Jing-Fuh; Do, Binh; Wang, Gao-Liang; … - In: E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics. 2 (2011) 6, pp. 209-216
Considering the strategic importance for supermarket chains and to understanding the critical elements affecting their competitiveness and their relative level of competitiveness, this study tries to assess competitiveness of foreign and local supermarket chains in Vietnam using the fuzzy TOPSIS...
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When Little Things Mean a Lot: On the Inefficiency of Item Pricing Laws
Bergen, Mark; Levy, Daniel; Ray, Sourav; Rubin, Paul H.; … - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2004
We study item-pricing laws (which require that each item in a store be individually marked with a price sticker) and examine and quantify their costs and benefits. On the cost side, we argue that item-pricing laws increase the retailers’ costs, forcing them to raise prices. We test this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478915
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The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Induced Organizational, Institutional, and Technological Change in Agrifood Systems
Reardon, Thomas; Timmer, C. Peter; Berdegue, Julio A. - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 1 (2004) 2
, accompanied by intense competition, has driven changes in the organization of procurement systems of supermarket chains, toward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061129
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When Little Things Mean a Lot: On the Inefficiency of Item Pricing Laws
Bergen, Mark; Levy, Daniel; Ray, Sourav; Rubin, Paul; … - EconWPA - 2004
We study item-pricing laws (which require that each item in a store be individually marked with a price sticker) and examine and quantify their costs and benefits. On the cost side, we argue that item-pricing laws increase the retailers’ costs, forcing them to raise prices. We test this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412533
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The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Induced Organizational, Institutional, and Technological Change in Agrifood Systems
Reardon, Thomas; Timmer, Peter; Berdegue, Julio - In: The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development … 1 (2004) 2, pp. 168-183
, accompanied by intense competition, has driven changes in the organization of procurement systems of supermarket chains, toward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755090
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Incentive to Reduce Cost under Incomplete Information
Sengupta, Aditi - Department of Economics, Auburn University - 2013
I examine how ex ante symmetric firms that compete in prices strategically decide to invest in research and development of cost-reducing technology when the rival firm and the consumers are not aware of the actual outcome of the investment. I also compare the strategic incentive to invest and...
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THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN IMPROVING THE STOCK PROFITABILITY
Mohammad, ZADEH Amir; Ebrahim, ABBASI - In: Studies in Business and Economics 9 (2014) 2, pp. 135-150
Corporate governance is one of the most important issues to which has been paid attention by big companies due to the massive financial scandals of recent years. Corporate governance includes supervising the company management, separating the economic units from its ownership and protecting...
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Russia’s investment position in Romania
Arjoca, Diana - In: Romanian Economic Journal 15 (2012) 46bis, pp. 155-168
The relationship between Russia and Romania is very interesting and by analyzing its economical, geopolitical, historical and cultural components one may understand why Russia has a strategic interest in Romania’s key industries like the energy and steel sectors. This paper aims to find some...
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Strategic location behaviour: Temporal and spatial proximity in situation of agglomeration effects
Mayer, Thierry; Mucchielli, Jean-Louis - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 1996
We address the question of competition within the location choices of firms. In a framework of agglomeration effects …, both spatial and temporal dimensions of the firms' decisions are studied. We show that the competition consequences of … tend to demonstrate that the relation between competition strength and spatial differentiation remains pertinent in a …
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