The paper focuses on the role of wholesaling in the establishment of international distribution channels with respect … main idea is that of the necessity of wholesaling in terms of transaction cost reduction. A model is presented revealing a …

. Studies of wholesaling are rarer still. These are curious features given that it is probable that service industries behave … differently to manufacturing ones and that wholesaling is such a key function of many economies. This paper looks at the evolution … of grocery wholesaling and grocery wholesalers in Ireland and Britain since 1930. It focuses on the processes and drivers …

years, the same Sogo Shosha have expanded their involvement in domestic distribution, in particular into food wholesaling …, but more recently into retailing. The aim of this paper is to explore the extent of this involvement and to present an …