In this paper, we seek to provide empirical documentation of the effect of Activity-Based Costing (ABC) information on product and customer-related decisions made by managers in a company. Proponents of ABC argue that when an entity implements ABC, it reaps at least two important benefits:...

We study the impact of an investigation into collusion and corruption to learn about the organization of cartels in public procurement auctions. Our focus is on Montreal's asphalt industry, where there have been allegations of bid rigging, market segmentation, complementary bidding and bribes to...

Multi-stage marketing gains increasing attention as knowledge of and influence on the customer's customer become more critical for the firm's success. Despite this increasing managerial relevance, systematic approaches for analyzing multi-stage marketing are still missing. This paper...

This paper provides a comprehensive econometric framework for the empirical analysis of countervailing power. It encompasses the two main features of pricing schemes in business-to-business relationships: nonlinear price schedules and bargaining over rents. Disentangling them is critical to the...

Экономический кризис оказывает прямое действие на рынок строительства. Современные направления модернизации экономики нацелены и на то, чтобы поддержать...

In markets where spatial competition is important, many models predict that average prices are lower in denser markets (i.e., those with more producers per unit area). Homogeneous-producer models attribute this effect solely to lower optimal markups. However, when producers instead differ in...

Die Anzeichen mehren sich, dass die ein Jahrzehnt anhaltende Talfahrt am Bau zu Ende geht und zukünftig wieder mit moderatem Wachstum der Baunachfrage zu rechnen ist. Diese Frage hat nicht nur für das Baugewerbe, sondern auch für die ihm vorgelagerten Branchen - also die Bauzulieferindustrien...

In markets where spatial competition is important, many models predict that average prices are lower in denser markets (i.e., those with more producers per unit area). Homogeneous-producer models attribute this effect solely to lower optimal markups. However, when producers instead differ in...