Selecting a Customization Strategy under Competition: Mass Customization, Targeted Mass Customization, and Product Proliferation
... strategies affect firms’ decisions on production and marketing-mix elements, such as pricing and distribution channels, management of product variety has received great emphasis in the marketing, economics, and operations literature [31], [34]. The following paragraphs summarize the existing literat ...
... strategies affect firms’ decisions on production and marketing-mix elements, such as pricing and distribution channels, management of product variety has received great emphasis in the marketing, economics, and operations literature [31], [34]. The following paragraphs summarize the existing literat ...
The internationalisation of firms in a policy
... 2.3.3.2 The loss of technological advantage through intra-cluster imitation and labour „poaching‟ ..................................................................................... 55 2.3.3.3 Congestion and intense competition ............................................... 56 2.3.3.4 Conformity ...
... 2.3.3.2 The loss of technological advantage through intra-cluster imitation and labour „poaching‟ ..................................................................................... 55 2.3.3.3 Congestion and intense competition ............................................... 56 2.3.3.4 Conformity ...
Communication Business International Journal of
... rank their importance. Over a lifetime, and depending on the social, political, and personal environments we are embedded in, the order of our values (their ranking) is likely to change slightly, but not significantly. Rokeach’s value system, which is developed on the basis of an extensive literatur ...
... rank their importance. Over a lifetime, and depending on the social, political, and personal environments we are embedded in, the order of our values (their ranking) is likely to change slightly, but not significantly. Rokeach’s value system, which is developed on the basis of an extensive literatur ...
Executive Summary - EDA Incubator Tool
... With the help of targeted business assistance, entrepreneurs are better prepared to turn business ideas into successful new ventures that have a greater-than-average chance of success. Since the first business incubator opened in Batavia, N.Y., in 1959, business incubation programs1 have helped new ...
... With the help of targeted business assistance, entrepreneurs are better prepared to turn business ideas into successful new ventures that have a greater-than-average chance of success. Since the first business incubator opened in Batavia, N.Y., in 1959, business incubation programs1 have helped new ...
13MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION AND OLIGOPOLY
... B) firms in monopolistic competition face barriers to entry, unlike firms in perfect competition. C) advertising plays a large role in monopolistic competition, unlike in perfect competition. D) firms in monopolistic competition are price takers just as is the case for firms in perfect competition A ...
... B) firms in monopolistic competition face barriers to entry, unlike firms in perfect competition. C) advertising plays a large role in monopolistic competition, unlike in perfect competition. D) firms in monopolistic competition are price takers just as is the case for firms in perfect competition A ...
Economic Contributions of Thailand`s Creative Industries
... countries studied, Australia and the United States. Both economies have greater contributions to GDP from the creative industries than the developing countries. Also in terms of share of employment in creative industries to total of employment in a country, both Australia at 3.70% in 1999-2000 and t ...
... countries studied, Australia and the United States. Both economies have greater contributions to GDP from the creative industries than the developing countries. Also in terms of share of employment in creative industries to total of employment in a country, both Australia at 3.70% in 1999-2000 and t ...
More than making things
... experiences, which they provide through a combination of goods and services. Manuservices are already prevalent throughout the UK economy – from mobile phones to jet engines, many of the goods we buy are now provided through a combination of goods and services. Manu-services are hugely important to ...
... experiences, which they provide through a combination of goods and services. Manuservices are already prevalent throughout the UK economy – from mobile phones to jet engines, many of the goods we buy are now provided through a combination of goods and services. Manu-services are hugely important to ...
Rethinking Innovation: Characterizing Dimensions of Impact
... evaluate and prioritize ideas with innovative potential. Yet to date, impact perspectives have either had tenuous links to innovation or have been very localized in language and scope. For example, many governmental agencies, such as the OECD13, 14 and the United Nations10, 11, thoroughly discuss im ...
... evaluate and prioritize ideas with innovative potential. Yet to date, impact perspectives have either had tenuous links to innovation or have been very localized in language and scope. For example, many governmental agencies, such as the OECD13, 14 and the United Nations10, 11, thoroughly discuss im ...
strengthening entrepreneurship and economic development in east
... methods developed around the six thematic themes. The compendium aims to provide access to a broad German and international audience, and, in turn, to allow it to make use of project findings and policy recommendations for local approaches to strengthen entrepreneurship. International learning model ...
... methods developed around the six thematic themes. The compendium aims to provide access to a broad German and international audience, and, in turn, to allow it to make use of project findings and policy recommendations for local approaches to strengthen entrepreneurship. International learning model ...
an empirical investigation of entrepreneurial marketing dimensions
... With these developments, Hills and Hultman (2006) proposed that EM should be viewed as an umbrella strategy which acknowledges three broad areas of research including marketing in new ventures or SMEs, entrepreneurship activities within larger organizations, and innovative and cost-effective marketi ...
... With these developments, Hills and Hultman (2006) proposed that EM should be viewed as an umbrella strategy which acknowledges three broad areas of research including marketing in new ventures or SMEs, entrepreneurship activities within larger organizations, and innovative and cost-effective marketi ...
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... Strong fluctuations in asset prices are among the stylised facts of developed and globalised financial markets. Whereas exchange rate bubbles play an important role particularly in small, open national economies, stock-market and real-estate bubbles are components of all liberalised financial market ...
... Strong fluctuations in asset prices are among the stylised facts of developed and globalised financial markets. Whereas exchange rate bubbles play an important role particularly in small, open national economies, stock-market and real-estate bubbles are components of all liberalised financial market ...
Why Should Small Firms Adopt eBusiness? A Framework for
... typically assumes a technological expansionist view which assumes that eBusiness should be adopted by all SMEs (Castleman 2004), rather than seeing eBusiness as one of the many possible (including nontechnological) solutions which firms can employ to achieve their business goals (Coulthard, Castlema ...
... typically assumes a technological expansionist view which assumes that eBusiness should be adopted by all SMEs (Castleman 2004), rather than seeing eBusiness as one of the many possible (including nontechnological) solutions which firms can employ to achieve their business goals (Coulthard, Castlema ...
The infiltration of media and technology into our everyday lives has
... and most notably, national borders are no longer the decisive factors in human existence. A new system of powers has taken control. These new major operating forces of the 21st century include a recent boom in technology and the media, a shift from an international economy to a global economy, and ...
... and most notably, national borders are no longer the decisive factors in human existence. A new system of powers has taken control. These new major operating forces of the 21st century include a recent boom in technology and the media, a shift from an international economy to a global economy, and ...
Does Corporate Governance Matter in Competitive Industries?∗
... Our findings turn out to be robust across many specifications. For example, our main competition measure is the 3-digit SIC Herfindahl index computed from COMPUSTAT. However, we obtain similar results if we use 2- and 4-digit SIC Herfindahl indices as well as lagged and historic Herfindahl indices p ...
... Our findings turn out to be robust across many specifications. For example, our main competition measure is the 3-digit SIC Herfindahl index computed from COMPUSTAT. However, we obtain similar results if we use 2- and 4-digit SIC Herfindahl indices as well as lagged and historic Herfindahl indices p ...
With a Little Help from my Enemy: Comparative
... We consider a duopoly situation in which the incumbent sells a product of known quality, while the entrant’s quality is yet unknown to consumers. The entrant may use dissipative advertising as a signal of quality. A low quality entrant would like to be perceived to be of high quality. By contrast, a ...
... We consider a duopoly situation in which the incumbent sells a product of known quality, while the entrant’s quality is yet unknown to consumers. The entrant may use dissipative advertising as a signal of quality. A low quality entrant would like to be perceived to be of high quality. By contrast, a ...
Private Placements of Public Equity in China
... except under provisions of the SEC’s rule 144 (the Security Act of 1933). Only after a minimum two-year holding period, these investors holding privately placed equity can sell them to the public (Silber 1991). 2 This could well be motivated by pro-growth and pro-development considerations. The effe ...
... except under provisions of the SEC’s rule 144 (the Security Act of 1933). Only after a minimum two-year holding period, these investors holding privately placed equity can sell them to the public (Silber 1991). 2 This could well be motivated by pro-growth and pro-development considerations. The effe ...
Market and supplier characteristics driving distributor
... increasingly important for the survival, growth, and success of modern firms (Morgan, Kaleka, & Katsikeas, 2004). With increasing frequency, firms begin to realize that going international may no longer be one of their options, but rather an urgent necessity (Mehta, Larsen, Rosenbloom, & Ganitsky, 2 ...
... increasingly important for the survival, growth, and success of modern firms (Morgan, Kaleka, & Katsikeas, 2004). With increasing frequency, firms begin to realize that going international may no longer be one of their options, but rather an urgent necessity (Mehta, Larsen, Rosenbloom, & Ganitsky, 2 ...
With a Little Help from my Enemy: Comparative
... of the signal received, when no other player could upset consumers’ beliefs, an entrant would gain if consumers hold the belief that she had received signal sH and exerted effort e = 1. We assume that, after price competition has taken place between the two firms, the incumbent uses his own noisy det ...
... of the signal received, when no other player could upset consumers’ beliefs, an entrant would gain if consumers hold the belief that she had received signal sH and exerted effort e = 1. We assume that, after price competition has taken place between the two firms, the incumbent uses his own noisy det ...
Supply Space and Horizontality in Firms and Mergers
... are of course a function of the questions asked, for it is obvious that the more short-run one's view of firms (or people or most anything else for that matter) is, the more uniqueness one discovers. At the limit - the immediate instant - every firm to some extent is different, and mergers are espec ...
... are of course a function of the questions asked, for it is obvious that the more short-run one's view of firms (or people or most anything else for that matter) is, the more uniqueness one discovers. At the limit - the immediate instant - every firm to some extent is different, and mergers are espec ...
Wilfred Kaliisa Monte - USAID Natural Resource Management and
... Consequently, the effects of the internal and external imbalances were manifested in the scarcity of consumer goods, B.O.P deficits, inflation, increased dependence on coffee exports, industrial decay and a general decline in production plus deteriorating social infrastructure, breakdown in law and ...
... Consequently, the effects of the internal and external imbalances were manifested in the scarcity of consumer goods, B.O.P deficits, inflation, increased dependence on coffee exports, industrial decay and a general decline in production plus deteriorating social infrastructure, breakdown in law and ...
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background
... business sector is seen as an important force to generate employment and more equitable income distribution, to activate competition, exploit niche markets (both nationally and internationally), enhance productivity and technical change, and through all of this stimulate economic development.” Physi ...
... business sector is seen as an important force to generate employment and more equitable income distribution, to activate competition, exploit niche markets (both nationally and internationally), enhance productivity and technical change, and through all of this stimulate economic development.” Physi ...
Global Solutions - Earth Emergency
... control are found in fewer hands and most people discover they have less control over their lives. History has known centralized power before, but the rise of democracy in the 19th and 20th centuries raised the hope of greater personal freedom under governments answerable to their citizenry. Now thi ...
... control are found in fewer hands and most people discover they have less control over their lives. History has known centralized power before, but the rise of democracy in the 19th and 20th centuries raised the hope of greater personal freedom under governments answerable to their citizenry. Now thi ...
The Cost of Resolving Small Business Conflicts, Peru, Herrero and
... This study analyzes these incentives when the judiciary is not effective, efficient, predictable or accessible. The underlying hypothesis is that entrepreneurs modify their business decisions to mitigate the risks of noncompliance, to reduce the number of conflicts and to avoid using the courts. All ...
... This study analyzes these incentives when the judiciary is not effective, efficient, predictable or accessible. The underlying hypothesis is that entrepreneurs modify their business decisions to mitigate the risks of noncompliance, to reduce the number of conflicts and to avoid using the courts. All ...
Industry Evolution with Endogenous Entry and Exit
... Whether and when to enter the market is a critical decision for a firm that is interested in a new industry. While early entry often means facing less competition and enjoying more market power, the small demand of a new industry during the infancy period and the large uncertainty as to when the sal ...
... Whether and when to enter the market is a critical decision for a firm that is interested in a new industry. While early entry often means facing less competition and enjoying more market power, the small demand of a new industry during the infancy period and the large uncertainty as to when the sal ...
Thesis Statements - Canvas by Instructure
... you could add your own, or feel free to adapt and combine them: yes-but although-also not only-but also if-then (the basic scientific hypothesis) unless-cannot at the same time-also ... instead ... Some Thesis Examples: These examples are deliberately imperfect - think about their strengths and weak ...
... you could add your own, or feel free to adapt and combine them: yes-but although-also not only-but also if-then (the basic scientific hypothesis) unless-cannot at the same time-also ... instead ... Some Thesis Examples: These examples are deliberately imperfect - think about their strengths and weak ...