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Kay Peters - 2008

The dissertation has been written within the post graduate program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Business Aspects of Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business”. This program focuses on research related to the diffusion of innovations in the digital age. Accordingly, the...

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An analysis of US propane markets, winter 1996-1997

2009

: an examination of propane supply, demand, and price developments and trends. …

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Motor gasoline assessment, Spring 1997

2009

The springs of 1996 and 1997 provide an excellent example of contrasting gasoline market dynamics. In spring 1996, tightening crude oil markets pushed up gasoline prices sharply, adding to the normal seasonal gasoline price increases; however, in spring 1997, crude oil markets loosened and crude...

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Application of a prognostic model validation system to real-time dispersion modeling

Pace, J C - 2008

The Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory uses the U.S. Navy's Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) to supply high-resolution wind data for use in its real-time dispersion modeling system. ARAC has used COAMPS...

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Modified seasonal factors in exponential smoothing

Armstrong, J.S.; Hwang, Ho-Ling; Bandy, J. - 2008

Current practice uses statistical tests to determine whether seasonal factors should be applied in a given forecasting situation. Research suggests that an optimal policy might lie somewhere between using full seasonal factors and using no seasonal factors on series. This research proposes and...

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Development of an exceedance probability streamflow forecast

Piechota, Thomas C.; Chiew, F. H.S.; Dracup, J. A.; … - 2001

This paper presents a methodology for forecasting seasonal streamflow and is an extension of a previously developed categorical streamflow forecast model that used persistence (i.e., the previous season’s streamflow) and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indicators. This newly developed...

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Symbolic visuals in advertising: The role of relevance.

Holmes, Gary R. - 2008

(TOR). TOR can help researchers and marketing managers by explaining how consumers may interpret visuals in advertising …. TOR explains why some visuals thought to be unconnected with the product become relevant in advertising. This study makes … is used to provide greater explanatory power of consumers' interpretation and response to advertising visuals than what …

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Stereotypes in Retail Print Advertising: The Effects of Gender and Physical Appearance on Consumer Perceptions

Allen, Charlotte - 2001

The retail sector spends millions of dollars each year advertising to consumers. This is a considerable investment for …

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International trade policy towards monopoly and oligopoly

Kujal, Praveen; Ruiz Pérez, Juan Manuel - 2009

differentiation the duopoly is subsidized or the government remains inactive. In contrast, the monopoly is always subsidized. The … government with a duopoly may be active or inactive depending on the degree of product differentiation. Thus, we may observe a …

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Demand Analysis, Economies of Scale and Price Differentiation in the German Food Retail Sector

Silke Maria Schmitz - 2007

Die Nachfrage nach Nahrungsmitteln unterliegt in Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten einem anhal-tenden Veränderungsprozess …-tieren Engelkurven zeigen, dass dieser Zusammenhang häufig nicht linear ist. Das Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) nach Banks …

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