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Summary This essay deals with the contribution of Seitz and Stackelberg on oligopoly. Stackelberg’s theory on price … of the sixties on oligopoly theory between Krelle, Ott, Heertje, Helmstädter und Seitz. He looks back from a game …. Stackelbergs Theorie der Preisführerschaft hat Seitz in seiner Dissertation aus dem Jahre 1965 aufgenommen. Der Autor gibt eine …
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Abstract The existing theoretical literature on mass customization maintains that customization reduces product differentiation and intensifies price competition. In contrast, operations management studies argue that customization serves primarily to differentiate a company from its competitors....
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Purpose – This paper aims to assess the business value realised from radio frequency identification (RFID)‐enabled healthcare transformation projects as compared with other industries. The paper starts with a review of RFID technology in the healthcare industry and further extends to an...
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This article reviews three types of innovation which contribute to organic business development: product innovation …, process innovation and market innovation. It argues that market innovation ‐ defined as improving the mix of target markets … of financial services illustrate how skilful market innovation can serve to grow a business as well as to safeguard it …
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management processes and separate innovation types within firms. Specifically, knowledge acquisition and knowledge application … are analyzed and empirically tested in relation to product and process innovation as well as business performance. The … results support the direct impact of product and process innovation on business performance. In addition, the results show the …
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Companies under threat can call upon three main types of innovation. First, market innovation – improving the mix of … markets served. Second, product innovation – improving the mix of products offered. Third, process innovation – improving the … mix and efficiency of internal operations. All types of innovation pose challenges, particularly to companies with little …
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paper offers more nuanced insights compared with prior studies and thus makes a strong contribution to the innovation theory …Purpose Our understanding of the influence of institutional conditions on process innovation is still limited, despite … process innovation through the provision of attractive institutions. Therefore, this paper aims to examine how institutional …
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Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag untersucht, bei welcher Marktgröße, bei welcher Kartellgröße und bei welchem Homogenitätsgrad der angebotenen Produkte ein Anbieterkartell intern und extern stabil sein kann. Betrachtet werden Nash-Gleichgewichte, in denen die Anbieter reine Preisstrategien...
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Summary The improved international tradability of services and the better protection of intellectual property rights - both of which have been results of the Uruguay Round - increase the international tradability of know-how. This paper investigates the economic impact of this. It is shown that...
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This paper explores the link between quality, cost and concentration. Using concentration and cost data and product quality indicators for 2,244 products in over eighty industries in 1997 and 2002 in the US, a two-stage, ordered probit, random effects estimation explores the impact of...
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