This paper examines pricing policy, quality levels, consumer surplus and social welfare for the monopoly and non-monopoly case. It is shown that given certain realistic assumptions, the network industry under unregulated monopoly would yield more social welfare than in the case of several...

A fixed price policy regardless of expiration date may result in unsold inventory and sales loss. Price reduction over time as the expiration date approaches motivates customers to purchase all items, including the ones that are left with only a short interval until their expiration. We conduct...

During the last decade the world has faced a tremendous development of information technology and telecommunication. This study investigates the impact of rumours (released on the web) on common stock returns. The findings indicate that the market responds positively to rumours. During the event...