This paper analyzes the behavior of firm(s) serving its products to two countries having different consumers in terms of their valuation of product quality. The home-market of firm(s) is a developed country with small population but high valuation of product quality, while the foreign is a...

This paper analyzes the behavior of monopoly firm serving its products to two countries. The main focus of this paper is on how the product-quality choice in different markets are related with the cost structure of the firm. First, This paper examines the effects of production and R&D costs on...

The optimal design of two-part tariffs is investigated in a dynamic model where two firms belonging to the same supply chain invest in R&D activities to increase the quality of the final product. It is shown that the replication of the vertically integrated monopolist's performance can be...

Production of Scotch single malt whisky requires at least 3 years of storage time. The majority of whiskies are stored for about 10-18 years, several sorts are matured for even up to 70 years. This can be justified by the common opinion that older whisky is 'better'. This paper gives a...

Die hier im Rahmen des Projektes Qualitätssicherung dokumentierte Tagung beinhaltet folgende Einzelbeiträge: VORTRAGSZYKLUS 1. Leitbilder und Evaluation von Studium und Lehre aus der Perspektive von Wissenschaft und Politik (Mayer, Evelies: Lehre und Studium auf dem Prüfstand - Was können...