For many products such as cars, electronic appliances and furniture, the price that a customer pays is negotiated from the posted price. In such transactions, negotiation plays an important role in determining whether a customer purchases, and if so, at what price. A retailer may adopt...

The work of this dissertation is concerned with the study of the effectiveness ofparadigms of production flexibility to either improve system performance or mitigatesystem risk. A brief introduction to the concept of operational flexibility is provided inChapter I. In Chapter II, we consider a...

This paper is an attempt to document empirically the relation between information sharing accomplished via electronic mail and the performance of teams. We report on an experimental study of the role of electronic mail in the operation of supply chains. A variation of the well known ‘Beer...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2003

Utilizando una muestra de bancos cotizados de Estados Unidos, Europa, Japón y China durante el período 2004-2014, los autores analizan el impacto que el nuevo marco de regulación prudencial aprobado en el G-20 tras la gran crisis financiera tiene sobre el riesgo bancario. El riesgo se mide en...

Artículo de revista ; The use of Next Generation EU can become one of the main determinants of Spanish economic developments in the coming years. This article analyses the economic impact of the European Regional Development Fund over the last 20 years, on account of the similarity between its...

Public policies that aim to achieve gender equality, improve work-life balance or combat harassment may have economic consequences, for example, through changes in the labour supply of women or other groups. Although there may be an increase in social awareness of these problems, a separate...