Through analyzing the effect of a demand characteristic, this paper investigates the reasons for the market phenomenon that farm and/or wholesale price changes are transmitted asymmetrically to retail markets.

This paper aims at analyzing the characteristics and the determinants of innovation in the mobile communication service industry, by emphasising in particular the role of demand. In a Shumpeterian spirit, we argue that competition in this sector crucially depends upon innovation, and that, given...

The article presents the state of art concerning demand artifacts in consumer behavioral research (actually it deals with the issue of role enactement of human subject during experimentation). Terms such as artifact and demand artifacts will be clarified in the paper. Finally, insights for...