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Project modifications and bidding in highway procurement auctions
De Silva, Dakshina G.; Dunne, Timothy; Kosmopoulou, Georgia - 2015
This paper examines bidding behavior in a setting where post-bid-letting project modifications occur. These modifications change both the costs and payouts to the winning contractor, making the contract incomplete. Recent empirical research shows that bidders incorporate the likelihood of such...
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A note on acquisition of complements in a vertically differentiated market
Tarola, Ornella; Vergari, Cecilia - 2012
some circumstances, anti-competitive consequences can be observed under acquisition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734298
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Beyond the dogma of the fixed book price agreement
Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2003
After describing the essential features of the book market, a welfare analysis of the fixed book price agreement is … market is one of imperfect competition, but even so the cross-subsidy argument is unlikely to be valid. A qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507914
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains
Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2015
Over the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets. Several factors have been attributed to this growth, including increasing urbanization, increased per capita income, the rise of the middle class, economies of scale and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011385300
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Design rules, volume 2: how technology shapes organizations : chapter 7 the value structure of technologies, part 2 : strategy without numbers
Baldwin, Carliss Y. - 2020
combined with narratives can be applied to problems of strategy in large technical systems. I first argue that the salient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511283
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains and implications for local suppliers : a comparison of findings from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2016
Since the early 2000s, there has been rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets in southern Africa. This paper is a synthesis of key findings of studies undertaken in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe on the expansion of supermarkets and the impact this has had on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582501
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains : implications on suppliers in Botswana and South Africa
Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2017
This paper explores the effect of the spread of supermarkets on the participation of suppliers in supermarket value chains in Botswana and South Africa. Using secondary data and in-depth interviews with key players in the value chain, the paper evaluates the buyer power of supermarkets evidenced...
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Exploring the nuances in the relationship "culturestrategy" for the business world
Dimitrov, Kiril - 2016
The current article explores interesting, significant and recently identified nuances in the relationship "culture-strategy …, direction, structure, role and hierarchy of "culture-strategy" relation are defined as a starting point of the analysis. The … way a contemporary notion of the nature of "culture-strategy" relationship for the entities from the world of business is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064895
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Impact of SME policies on innovation : the Turkish case
Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of innovative capabilities in Turkish SMEs, with a particular emphasis on the impact of recent changes in science and technology policy. Two different analyses are conducted in order to evaluate both the decision to innovate and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003644214
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Income-based price subsidies, parallel imports and markets access to new drugs for the poor
Acharyya, Rajat (contributor);  … - 2008
market access to poorer groups. -- Pharmaceuticals ; Income Based Subsidies ; Parallel Imports ; Market Access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784962