Central banks often use certain concentration indices in their official reports to determine the degree of intensity of competition, of which the most common are the concentration ratio and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. It is important to emphasize that when calculating the value of these...

The purpose of the study presented in the paper is to highlight the influence of the microeconomic factors related to the evolutionary stage of the industry's life cycle on the industry dynamics. The authors use the example of the Russian tourism industry to show that microeconomic factors are...

Trotz des starken Rückgangs der Rohölpreise seit dem Herbst 2008 ist das Preisniveau mit gegenwärtig rund 60 US-Dollar pro Fass immer noch deutlich höher als im langfristigen Durchschnitt. Die Marktmacht der Organisation erdölexportierender Länder (OPEC) ist nach wie vor sehr groß und...

This paper aims at determining the optimal number of new facilities besides specifying both the optimal location and design level of them under the budget constraint in a competitive environment by a novel hybrid continuous and discrete firefly algorithm. A real-world application of locating new...

Lately, as it is known, considerable theoretical and practical attention has been dedicated to the problems of analysing the business efficiency of insurance companies, both worldwide and in particular countries. In view of this, the paper conveys a complex analysis of the 2016 business...

In a world characterized by a significant evolution in wine consumption, Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) wines have constituted a valid strategy of marketing and competitiveness for producers. In 2014, the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico created the "Chianti Classico Gran Selezione" DOCG...

Romanian exports represented, lately, a major engine of economic growth. However, only a deep analysis of these can reveal the factors that contributed to their competitiveness. Indicators that capture the changes in market shares provide the most accurate picture of the concept of...