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What factors determine the number of trading partners?

Matsushima, Noriaki; Shinohara, Ryusuke - 2011

The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors … determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners …, the optimal number is small if the supplier's bargaining power with them is weak, the economy of scope in the supplier …

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La teoría de restricciones y la optimización como herramientas gerenciales para la programación de la producción: Una aplicación en la industria de muebles

Romero Rojas, Julián David; Ortiz Triana, Viviana Karolina - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 27 (2019), pp. 74-90

The theory of restrictions (TOC) is a philosophy of continuous improvement, which focuses on the weakest link in the chain, to improve the performance of the production system. The purpose of the research was to determine the quantities to be made of each product and its production sequence in a...

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The contextual effect of completion on the effectiveness of performance feedback

Nikiforow, Nicole; Wagener, Sebastian - In: Journal of Business Economics 91 (2020) 1, pp. 61-90

This study investigates the varying effect of performance feedback on performance, depending on the task context. Specifically, we analyze the state of completion (of a product or process) as an essential dimension of the task context. Using a laboratory experiment, we predict and find that...

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Aktuelle Forschung in der Gartenbauökonomie: Tagungsband zum 1. Symposium für Ökonomie im Gartenbau am 27. November 2013 in der Paulinerkirche Göttingen

Dirksmeyer, Walter (contributor); … - 2015

[Vorwort] Das 1. Symposium für Ökonomie im Gartenbau fand am 27. November 2013 in der Paulinerkirche in Göttingen statt. Es wurde als Kooperation der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, des Thünen- Instituts für Betriebswirtschaft und des Agrarkompetenznetzes WeGa durchgeführt. Die...

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The evolution of costing during the period 1985-2015: Progress or inactivity?

Tsifora, Evdokia I.; Chatzoglou, Prodromos D. - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 9 (2016) 2, pp. 7-17

Purpose - This paper examines the evolution of costing process during the past thirty years. More specifically, the technological developments that have affected industrial firms are analysed, focusing on the type of production and the innovations that have been developed and affected costing...

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Do generic strategy and productivity help detect corporate retail bankruptcy risk?

Subanidja, Steph; Lestari, Melda; Elu, Wilfridus B. - In: Verslas: Teorija ir praktika / Business: Theory and Practice 21 (2020) 1, pp. 302-313

Recently, there have been several retail companies experiencing bankruptcy. Many studies on bankruptcy risk are more seen from the financial performance perspective. Studies on the risk of financial performance are good but it seems too late to detect the risk. So far, no research investigates...

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More certainty in uncertainty: a special life-cycle approach for management decisions in volatile markets

Röser, Marcel - In: Journal of Management Control 35 (2024) 1, pp. 165-197

Risk managers as corporate stewards are important gatekeepers in enterprises and they are essential to managing risks. Relatedly, a more accurate evaluation of the risk factors allows a well-founded decision-making process and reduces the number of surprising situations that could occur...

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Finanzierung der Flüchtlingspolitik: Für eine ausgewogene Finanzierung der Flüchtlingsleistungen bei Bund, Ländern und Kommunen

Hummel, Caroline-Antonia; Thöne, Michael - 2016

Deutschland erlebt in den Jahren 2015 und 2016 Flüchtlingszuwanderung in Dimensionen, wie sie hierzulande lange nicht gesehen wurden. Das stellt auch die Finanzpolitik auf allen föderalen Ebenen und die Finanzausgleiche zwischen diesen vor große - aber handhabbare - Herausforderungen....

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Pricing and Supply Chain Transparency to Conscientious Consumers

Bertini, Marco; Buehler, Stefan; Halbheer, Daniel - 2020

This paper studies how a firm should make pricing and transparency decisions when consumers care about supply chain characteristics. We first show how preferences that account for price and unit cost constrain the firm’s pricing power and profit. Surprisingly, we find that the firm may be...

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Efficiency of Banks With a Double Bottom Line

Burgstaller, Johann; Dietl, Katharina - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 56 (2023) 3-4, pp. 255-285

If banks' performance is to be be evaluated against the objectives they actually pursue, assessments of stakeholder-oriented banks should go beyond financial efficiency. Furthermore, also the environment these institutions operate in has to be kept in mind when interpreting levels of managerial...

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