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Putting the Italians on bicycles: marketing at Bianchi, 1885-1955

Mari, Carlo - In: Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 7 (2015) 1, pp. 133-158

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine marketing practices within the bicycle industry. Design … largest Italian bicycle company. Findings – The paper explains how marketing works at the Bianchi company and provides a … sources. Originality/value – The paper tries to fill the gap in current marketing literature that usually neglects the bicycle …

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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade

Limao, Nuno; Venables, Anthony J. - In: The World Bank Economic Review 15 (2001) 3, pp. 451-479

The authors use different data sets to investigate the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure. Infrastructure is an important determinant of transport costs, especially for landlocked countries. Analysis of bilateral trade data confirms the importance of infrastructure and...

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What Constrains Africa’s Exports?

Freund, Caroline; Rocha, Nadia - In: The World Bank Economic Review 25 (2011) 3, pp. 361-386

of trade facilitation: transit times, documentation, and ports and customs. Of these, transit delays have the most …-country tariffs. By contrast, longer delays in the other areas have a far smaller impact on trade. Large transit delays are relatively …. Finally, the results imply that transit times are primarily about institutional features—such as border delays, road quality …

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The Effect of Metro Expansions on Air Pollution in Delhi

Goel, Deepti; Gupta, Sonam - In: The World Bank Economic Review 31 (2017) 1, pp. 271-294

The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid transit system serving the National Capital Region of India. It is also the world …

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Covid-19 Response Models and Divergences Within the EU: A Health Dis-Union

Ceron, Matilde; Palermo, Carlo Maria; Grechi, Daniele - In: Statistics, Politics and Policy 12 (2021) 2, pp. 219-268

Abstract The symmetric shock of the Covid-19 pandemic has come with heterogeneous consequences across the world. Within the common institutional framework of the European Union, the outbreak has put under extreme stress governance and interplay between the national and supranational level. Under...

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Holiday Preferences and Travel Behavior of German Motorcyclists. A Cluster Analysis

Heide, Thomas; Scuttari, Anna - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 14 (2022) 3, pp. 284-302

Abstract Motorcycle tourism offers tourist destinations the opportunity to diversify their offer and pursue competitive advantage and economic success. However, motorcyclists’ holidaymaking practices remain underexplored so far and there is an assumption of homogeneity within the riders’...

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A transition finance training program for FSA/USDA employees

Hanson, Gregory D.; Parsons, Robert L.; Musser, Wesley N. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 62 (2002) 2, pp. 179-189

The 1997 merger of two USDA agencies, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Farmers Home Administration, into the Farm Service Agency created a need for consistent finance training. A highly successful Penn State Cooperative Extension borrower training program was...

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An analysis of risk management tools utilized by Illinois farmers

Tudor, Kerry; Spaulding, Aslihan; D. Roy, Kayla; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 74 (2014) 1, pp. 69-86

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships among choice of risk management tools, perceived effectiveness of risk management tools, self-reported risk attitude, and farm and farmer characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – A mail survey was used to collect...

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Using cluster analysis to determine the media agenda

Kok, Y.H.; Holaday, D. A.; Goh, A.; Holaday, D. A. - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 10, pp. 361-371

This paper describes a software tool that aids researchers in the study of agenda setting. Agenda setting theory claims that the mass media influences what the public thinks and talks about. The tool is used to cluster documents into topically coherent groupings that are to represent issues...

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Market segmentation in the cell phone market among adolescents and young adults

J. Haverila, Matti - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 25 (2013) 3, pp. 346-368

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the existence of inter-market market segments in the adolescents' and young adults' cell phone product-market in Finland, United Arab Emirates, Canada, China, and New Zealand. Drawing upon cell phone feature preferences criteria cited by...

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