MODELING SCALE ECONOMIES IN SUPERMARKET OPERATIONS: INCORPORATING THE IMPACTS OF STORE CHARACTERISTICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Information and internet-based technologies have fostered new supply chain initiatives in food retailing but little research has evaluated productivity impacts. A ray-homothetic production function is estimated for supermarkets to investigate the productivity effects of key variables such as format, competitive position, self-distributing chain membership, unionization, and information technologies adoption.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	King, Robert P. ; Park, Timothy A.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Industrial Organization

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA Number 19881
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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