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States that the Stackelberg leadership model is rarely used to describe market price determination perhaps because of the lack of a theoretical basis for selecting the minimum size necessary for leadership. Provides structural sufficiency conditions for selecting a unique Stackelberg leader...
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Purpose – The general purpose of the paper is to improve supply chain (SC) responsiveness and agility by developing advanced planning and scheduling (APS) with collaboration process into agile supply and demand networks (ASDN). Design/methodology/approach – Some industrial examples are...
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This study examines the impact of expectations on the market share mechanism. The dynamic strategic pricing behaviors in the short‐run and the long‐run are also explored. The exchange rate expectations are incorporated into a switching cost model via the method of exchange rate...
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Research into the correlation between market share and profitability has led to debate over whether the observed … viewpoints. The direct association between market share and profitability depends upon restrictive statistical assumptions. When … these assumptions are relaxed, the results show that there is no direct association between market share and profitability.  …
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Argues that in order to sustain the long‐term profitability and growth of hotel organizations, yield management …. Proposes that customer profitability analysis (CPA), which reports revenues, costs and profit by customer group, will give …
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Explains how sales efforts try to create product differentiation and increase monopoly power; and uses 1995‐1996 data … from a panel of 45 Greek firms to examine the relationship between debt‐to‐equity ratio and profitability, taking a firm …
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This article investigates concentration, efficiency, and profitability of commercial banks operating in Saudi Arabia … concentration, efficiency, and profitability. The significance of the study stems from the conventional premise that highly …
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Purpose – This paper aims to provide a theoretical guide for preserving ancient books in China. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the history of the damage and preservation of ancient books in China, and analyzes the value attributes …
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Purpose – This paper aims to conceptually argue that China's trade surplus with the USA is not good. Design …/methodology/approach – Net exporters (like China) give up current consumption in order to gain claims against future production. This paper … argues that the reasons why China is trading current consumption for claims on future production are not good. Findings …
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Purpose – This paper aims to conceptually argue that China's trade surplus with the USA is good by clarifying its … fundamental forces from specific perspective. Design/methodology/approach – China's trade surplus with the USA is simply the … global resources optimization allocation, China's trade imbalance, including trade surplus with the USA, is certainly a win …
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