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Abstract This paper is concerned with the question of how to deal with Google Shopping’s position on online markets in order to prevent harm to public welfare. From the perspective of sellers and buyers of goods and services in Germany, Google can be seen as a gatekeeper to the Internet and...
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RMFN clauses that soften competition. We conclude from our game theoretic models that the softening of competition Theory …
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Summary This paper is about conscious parallelism in a duopoly with differentiated products. Conscious parallelism is modelled by a “policy of fixed relative prices” (frp) i. e. starting from a competitive equilibrium both duopolists vary prices by the same percentage. This price increasing...
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Summary In economic theory there is invariably a credible defence for all corporate competition practices. For the most … consequences of horizontal and vertical strategies. It also raises the question of the extent to which economic theory influences …
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institutionenökonomisch-evolutionäre Wettbewerbsleitbild in seinen Grundzügen skizziert und für eine regelgeleitete Wettbewerbspolitik, die …
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leverage market power, but there is no theory on the ‚information power‘ of search engines. The concept of ‚search neutrality …
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Defines the construct of “comedy” in electronic advertisements, using drama theory to derive a taxonomy of comedic … comedy from a drama perspective and uses Bergson’s theory of laughter as the cornerstone of two continua mapping four comic …
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In the online shopping environment, loyal customers are considered extremely valuable. Loyalty is generally attributed to satisfaction with the quality of service offered by the e-marketers' to their customers. The application of technology-based service has grown rapidly in the recent years,...
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in relation to GIs' price-availability are too mild, not subtracting much from the overall CV indicating that consumers … consumers' mind between GI foods and their altruistic value in terms of the ethical character of their production. …
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key element in business success. One justification for this is the assumption that consumers are interested in how …
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