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Verzerrungen von Konsumentenpreisindices und ihr Einfluss auf das „reale“ Wirtschaftswachstum – dargestellt am Beispiel der USA / Biases in Consumer Price Indices and Their Impact...
Hartwig, Jochen; Schips, Bernd - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 4, pp. 394-412
. Es erweist sich, dass die Divergenz in den Wachstumsraten der USA und der EU seit 1997 fast zur Gänze auf …
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Using customer equity models to improve loyalty and profits
Stevens, Kathy - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 23 (2006) 7, pp. 379-381
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to teach the reader how to compile a customer equity model in order to calculate the true profitability of customers. The reader can use the information to make better business decisions across their organization. Design/methodology/approach –...
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Understanding customer level profitability implications of satisfaction programs
Niraj, Rakesh; Foster, George; Gupta, Mahendra R.; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 23 (2008) 7, pp. 454-463
at the customer level. However, a net profit measure of CP, derived after careful allocation of costs based on activities …
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Does innovation drive profitable growth? New metrics for a complete picture
Linder, Jane C. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 27 (2006) 5, pp. 38-44
Purpose – Organizations intent on driving profitable growth recognize they need innovation, but most measures of innovation are incomplete, focusing only on R&D or new product development. This paper suggests an alternative, enterprise‐level measure that reflects the broadest definition of...
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Kick the discounting habit: step one for more effective pricing
Holden, Reed K. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 29 (2008) 6, pp. 14-18
Purpose – Discounting has become the crack cocaine of senior management with terrifying effects on both revenue and profits. The purpose of this paper to show managers how and where to put a stake in the ground to kick the discounting habit and move to a more effective and disciplined approach...
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Market power, competition policy and developing economies
Vindelyn Smith‐Hillman, A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) 2, pp. 120-135
Purpose – This paper aims to measure the influence of institutional capacity and population differences between Sub‐Saharan African and Caribbean economies, on the efficacy of competition policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses multiple regression analysis to evaluate the...
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What is normal profit for power generation?
Simshauser, Paul; Ariyaratnam, Jude - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 6 (2014) 2, pp. 152-178
estimates of benchmark wholesale power prices based on the principles of normal profit. This, in turn, can guide policymakers as … abuse is present on the supply side. It should not be this way. If a theoretically robust measure of normal profit exists … project model, the authors produce pragmatic and theoretically robust measures of normal profit for project financed plant and …
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Intra‐firm organization and profitability
Georgopoulos, Antonios; Koumanakos, Evangelos Pet. - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 3 (2007) 1, pp. 44-67
Purpose – By conducting a field research in affiliates of foreign transnational corporations (TNCs) established in Greece, this paper aims to investigate whether a different tendency of intra‐firm organization has a different impact on their profitability and earnings management policy....
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Low‐energy versus conventional residential buildings: cost and profit
Zalejska‐Jonsson, Agnieszka; Lind, Hans; Hintze, Staffan - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 5 (2012) 3, pp. 211-228
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the commercial aspect of “green” building construction and whether increased investment costs are profitable taking the reduction in operating costs into account. The investment viability is approached by comparing investment in...
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Corporate social reporting: empirical evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange
Veronica Siregar, Sylvia; Bachtiar, Yanivi - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 3 (2010) 3, pp. 241-252
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of board size, foreign ownership, firm size, profitability, and leverage on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and the possible effect of CSR reporting on a firm's future performance. Design/methodology/approach –...
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