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Implications of e-commerce for banking and finance

Heng, Michael S.H. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2001

The aim of the paper is to show that e-commerce holds the potential to transform banking and financial systems. There are three aspects in which e-commerce can affect banking and finance. First, banks and financial firms can use the technology and business practice of e-commerce to market their...

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Digital Piracy: Theory

Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - CESifo - 2010

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...

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E-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet

Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2012

This paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity … in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony … network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband infrastructure for high-speed Internet. We find small negative …

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Survival of New Firms in the Brazilian Franchising Segment: An Empirical Study

Facanha, Luis Otávio; Resende, Marcelo; Cardoso, Vicente; … - CESifo - 2011

The paper investigates survival patterns of Brazilian franchising firms during the 1994-1999 period. First, at a more descriptive level one considered the (percentage) survival of newly created franchisors in the following years. The evidence indicated a drastic decay in survival after only a...

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An Empirical Study of Pricing Strategies in an Online Market with High-Frequency Price Information

Ellison, Sara; Snyder, Christopher M. - CESifo - 2014

We study competition among a score of firms participating in an online market for a commodity computer component. Firms were able to adjust prices continuously; prices determined how the firms were ranked and listed (lowest price listed first), with better ranks contributing to firms’ sales....

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Lost in America: Evidence on Local Sales Taxes from National Panel Data

Agrawal, David - CESifo - 2014

This paper studies comprehensive national panel data of local option sales taxes at the monthly frequency. I calculate state-by-month population weighted averages of local sales tax rates. I document ten stylized facts concerning the time series patterns and spatial dynamics of local sales...

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Container terminal services and quality

Wiegmans, Bart W.; Rietveld, Piet; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2001

In this paper the relation between container terminal services and quality is explored. Quality elements that are important to terminal customers are reliability, flexibility, availability, time, costs, control, and after sales support. Overall, it is important for the terminal operator to...

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The low participation of urban migrant entrepreneurs: reasons and perceptions of weak institutional embeddedness

Masurel, E.; Nijkamp, P. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2009

The present paper addresses the lack of institutional collaboration among urban ethnic (or migrant) firms as a reason for their low innovation profile. This lack is present in various forms of institutional business cooperation, but here we focus in particular on franchising. Such weak...

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Predicting online purchase behavior : replications and tests of competing models

Heijden, Hans van der; Verhagen, Tibert; Creemers, Marcel - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2000

Online purchase behavior is definitely an interesting and relevant issue for marketeers today. In this paper, we report on a study into the antecedents of online purchase intention for B2C websites. In particular, this research juxtaposes two competing models that explain online purchase...

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Rethinking the strategy of Amazon.com

Heng, Michael S.H. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2001

The strategic challenge facing Amazon.com is that it is not able to convince the investment community that it is able to generate profits in the long run. The doubt of investors is well grounded. This paper argues that Amazon should make a strategic shift to operate as a provider of technical...

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