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The comparison in terms of trust of modern and traditional supply chains in fresh fruit and vegetable
Seckin, Ebru - European Regional Science Association - 2013
-capital supermarket chains gradually emerged. Supermarkets have restructured their procurement strategies through the introduction of … supermarkets in Latin America in the past two decade (Reardon and Berdegue, 2002; Reardon et al; 2003), with profound effects on … for smallholder farmers. Agri-food markets are restructuring as supermarkets continue to expand. The restructuring process …
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Using regression analysis to predict the future energy consumption of a supermarket in the UK
Braun, M.R.; Altan, H.; Beck, S.B.M. - In: Applied Energy 130 (2014) C, pp. 305-313
The change in climate has led to an interest in how this will affect the energy consumption in buildings. Most of the work in the literature relates to offices and homes. However, this paper investigates a supermarket in northern England by means of a multiple regression analysis based on gas...
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They played the merger game: A retrospective analysis in the UK videogames market
Aguzzoni, Luca; Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; … - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013
We study the effect of a merger in a dynamic high-technology industry - the videogame market - which is characterized by frequent introduction of new products. To assess the impact of the merger between two large specialist retailers in the UK, we perform a difference-in-differences analysis...
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Ex-post merger evaluation in the UK retail market for books
Aguzzoni, Luca; Argentesi, Elena; Ciari, Lorenzo; Duso, … - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013
This paper empirically evaluates the price effects of the merger of two major book retail chains in the UK: Waterstone's and Ottakar's. We employ differences-in-differences techniques and use a rich dataset containing monthly scanner data information on a sample of 200 books sold in 60 stores in...
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An Econometric Analysis on Organized and Unorganized Retail Share
Mukherjee, Subhadip - In: Economic Research Guardian 1 (2011) 1, pp. 34-41
The present study strives to find the various determinants of the relative share of organized and unorganized retail sector of a country. A multiple regression model has been used in this study to find these determinants. Results from the analysis reveal that GDP, women’s participation rate,...
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Foreign direct investment in retail market in India: some issues and challenges
Santra, Swarup; Bagaria, Nidhi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
India being second most-populous country has immense scope for retail expansion as along with time urbanization and consumerism has also been increasing. Further, India‘s GDP has also been growing at fast rate as it continued to be the second fastest growing economy in the world after China...
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Cause related marketing in the German retail sector: Exploring the role of consumers’ trust
Hartmann, Monika; Klink, Jeanette; Simons, Johannes - In: Food Policy 52 (2015) C, pp. 108-114
Cause related marketing (CrM) has become one of the most dynamic marketing tools. CrM allows companies to signal their overall business culture regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the point of sale. More recently retail chains in Germany have started to use CrM as a strategy to...
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Zur Verbreitung und Ausgestaltung geringfuegiger Beschaeftigung im Einzelhandel. Eine explorative Studie aus der Perspektive von Management und Beschaeftigten
Benkhoff, Birgit; Hermet, Vicky - In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, … 15 (2008) 1, pp. 5-5
Geringfuegig Beschaeftigte im Einzelhandel erleben hoechst prekaere Arbeitsbedingungen und weit verbreitete Verstoesse gegen das Arbeitsrecht. Das ergab eine explorative Studie auf der Basis von halbstrukturierten Interviews mit Managern und Mitarbeitern in 22 Filialen von 18 verschiedenen...
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ORGANIZED RETAILING IN INDIA: ISSUES AND OUTLOOK
Kohli, Rajeev; Bhagwati, Jagdish - School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), … - 2011
Domestic and multinational corporations have begun to enter retailing in India, raising concerns that they will destroy the millions of small stores and street vendor businesses that presently dominate retailing in the country. Policymakers know that corporate retailers can improve the...
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EFFICIENCY MEASURES FOR SPANISH RETAILING FIRMS IN A REGULATED MARKET
Jorge, Justo de; Suarez, Cristina - In: Journal of Economic Development 32 (2007) 1, pp. 35-47
The objective of this work is to analyze the impact on Spanish retail firms¡¯ efficiency of the regulatory process experienced in the period 1996-2002. The intangible nature of services makes them more difficult to quantify, so we combine work measurements with the methodology of the...
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