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New Product Introduction and Seasonality Effect in Food Products Retailing

Rajagopal - Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y … - 2007

This study aims at measuring the effects of market demand and seasonality on new product introduction. Major factors … contributing the variability of market demand and seasonality of new products have been discussed in reference to timing of …-2006. Results of the study reveal that market demand and seasonality factors are most important for the timing of new product intro …

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How do market structures affect decisions on vertical integration/separation

Matsushima, Noriaki; Mizuno, Tomomichi - 2010

We provide a simple model to investigate decisions on vertical integration/separation. The key feature of this model is that more than one input is required for the final products of the local downstream monopolists. Depending on their cost structure, downstream firms' decisions on vertical...

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Strategische Implikationen einer geringen Fertigungstiefe für die Automobilindustrie

Krcal, Hans-Christian - 2007

In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration...

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Vertical separation as a defense against strong suppliers

Matsushima, Noriaki; Mizuno, Tomomichi - 2009

We provide a simple model to investigate decisions about vertical separation. The key feature of this model is that more than one input is required for the final product of the downstream monopolist. We show that as the bargaining powers of independent complementary input suppliers grow larger,...

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Analysis of a production order quantity model with declining unit cost

Raehsler, Rod D.; Zhao, Yifan; Yang, Chin-wei; Sohng, … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 2, pp. 179-189

This paper improves upon the existing literature surrounding the production order quantity inventory model in which unit cost and daily production are assumed to be constant. By including economies of scale into the model, we examine its impact on production order quantity and total cost. The...

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Who is your company? : where to locate to compete in emerging markets

Michael, Bryane - 2013

Who's your city? For companies in the developing world, this question determines their market sizes, access to innovative ideas, regulatory environment and proximity to innovative staff. In this brief, we identify the most attractive metropolitan areas to locate in to sell in emerging markets....

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Strategic dual sourcing as a driver for free revealing of innovation

Matsushima, Noriaki; Zhao, Laixun - 2015

This paper examines the role of dual sourcing (e.g., outside options) in vertical and horizontal relations. In a bilateral monopoly market, if either the upstream or downstream firm has outside options, the other firm could lose from seemingly positive shocks, e.g., market expansion or...

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Incentives and creativity in groups

Ramm, Joachim; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - 2013

It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...

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Maintenance and production scheduling on a single machine with stochastic failures

Hoyningen-Huene, Wiebke von; Kiesmüller, Gudrun - 2015

In this paper we study the problem of determining a production schedule for an order of n jobs on a single machine which is subject to stochastic machine failures. To avoid long downtime of the machine caused by unexpected failures, preventive maintenance should be planned as well. If a failure...

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The block planning approach for continuous time-based dynamic lot sizing and scheduling

Günther, Hans-Otto - In: Business research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 51-76

This paper calls for a change in paradigm in lot sizing and scheduling. Traditionally, a discrete time scale is chosen to model lot sizing and scheduling. As an alternative, the so-called block planning concept is proposed which is based on a continuous representation of time. A mixed-integer...

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