This paper outlines the results of a study of the competitive strategy orientations of 92 small and medium sized paint manufacturing enterprises in Southwestern Nigeria. Three sets of paint manufacturing SMEs which had substantially divergent competitive strategies, i.e. Differentiation (28) Low...

The article analyses the impact of trading costs on the profitability of momentum strategies in the UK and concludes that losers are more expensive to trade than winners. The observed asymmetry in the costs of trading winners and losers crucially relates to the high cost of selling loser stocks...

O'Hara G. (2005) A journey without maps: the regional policies of the 1964-70 British Labour Government, Regional Studies 39 , 1183-1195. This paper examines four influences on British regional policy in the late 1960s: party politics in the context of the economic environment; the structure of...

What is service profitability? With the financial industry facing economic turmoil, a squeeze on margins and a wave of new regulatory policies, there are many companies facing an urgent need for change to improve their profitability. There are also firms benefiting from the new era with a...

Due to the economic characteristics specific to the software industry, pricing concepts existing in other industries cannot be transferred without adaptation. Therefore, this article provides an overview of pricing models for software. In this context we discuss the six parameters formation of...

Since many universities the main task is to establish a best price for their services, in which university services have been successfully "sold" (demand) and at the same time bring the most revenue for the institution. This is the main task of the university in the pricing of educational...

The holiday can be considered a good for which the tourist pays a two-part tariff (TPT). The variable part, roughly proportional to the length of stay, is charged on top of a fixed price, paid to get to the destination (typically due to travel costs). We analyse the policy implications of this...