Why do prices in Spain''s regions fail to converge? The prime suspects for this puzzling result are differences in regional barriers to entry in retail distribution. This paper develops a Cournot-Nash model of imperfect competition to illustrate the effect of barriers on prices. A unique data...

Dieses Buch geht auf die besonderen Herausforderungen an den stationären Handel im digitalen Zeitalter ein. Anliegen von Gerrit Heinemann ist es vor allem, die lokalen Händler wachzurütteln und ihnen einen Weg aufzuzeigen, wie sie sich neu erfinden können. Diese haben nur eine Zukunft, wenn...

About the authors -- Preface -- The retail industry & supply chain management -- Defining the retail supply chain -- Success in a retail business -- Types of retail supply chain businesses -- A changing world: moving toward comparative advantage -- Corporate social responsibility, sustainability...

This paper surveys the recent literature on the Japanese distribution system to consider two propositions: first, that the system is inefficient, and second that prices of imported products tend to be higher in Japan than in other markets. Most of the literature demonstrates that the system is...