Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to construct a basic profit model of quality so as to highlight the economic … implications of process quality in an accessible way. Design/methodology/approach – Economic evaluation of the four profit … is described and a general logic to assess its profit impact developed. Findings – For all four examined parameters, it …

tasks. Minsky's The Society of Mind provides a conceptual view for addressing these multi-agent system problems. A new … developed from Minsky's conceptual foundation. A Society of Agents framework-based problem-solving and a Game Society is …

, meaning that the overall effect of rising concentration has been to lower prices. We suggest the difference is due to the …

data metering, service contracts, and bundling voice, video, and data affect the prices consumers pay. We find that faster … speeds are correlated with higher prices, although prices increase at a decreasing rate as speeds increase. Additionally …

. Findings – The paper confirms that there is a cointegration relationship between real exports, real income and relative prices …

Purpose – The research questions are whether there is a difference in how men and women respond to unfair prices and …‐based analysis of the effects of gender and country on responses to personally and socially unfair prices. Findings – The results … – In the USA, the gender difference in response to unfair prices suggests that different pricing tactics should be used for …