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Vertical industry and strategic trade policy
This paper investigates whether and how vertical industries have the characteristics to be targeted with the subsidy policy instrument. Under both...
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Pricing Process Part 3: Structure (3a: Price Differentiation)
Price differentiation is one of the most important profit levers within the pricing process. This is particularly true for digital services....
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Vertical and Horizontal Risks Along Industry Chains and a Dual-Pillar National System
International competition in trade has intensified since 2018, which we believe is determined by the objective, changing, and increasingly balanced...
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Vertical integration of platforms and product prominence
Meta-search platforms, which enable consumers to compare product prices between different sales channels, are sometimes integrated with certain...
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Optimal pricing and financing decision of dual-channel green supply chain considering product differentiation and blockchain
This paper constructs a dual-channel green supply chain model that includes a well-capitalized retailer and e-commerce platform, as well as a...
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Better or different? How mimicry by social groups shapes consumers’ preference for differentiated brands
Consumers tend to abandon or avoid using a product when they become aware that it is being imitated by others. However, little is known about how or...
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Monopoly pricing in vertical markets with demand uncertainty
Motivation Pricing decisions are often made when market information is still poor. While modern pricing analytics aid firms to infer the distribution...
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Upgrading Options for Small Cocoa Producers in Guatemala
In this article it is analyzed the possible ways of upgrading the cocoa productive activity in Guatemala from the viewpoint of small producers having...
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Vertical (Dis‑)Integration and Firm Performance: A Management Paradigm Revisited
Vertical disintegration in manufacturing industries has been an increasing trend since the 1990s in many countries. According to a prevailing...
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Cultural congruence or compensation? A meta-analytic test of transformational and transactional leadership effects across cultures
Prior research is equivocal about whether leadership is more effective when it matches typical cultural practices (the cultural congruence argument)...
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Knowledge inheritance and performance of spinouts
We investigate the impact of knowledge inheritance by vertical spinouts originating from user and supplier industries on performance. We test whether...
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Business Models in 5G/6G Mobile Communications
Business models in mobile communication have remained surprisingly stable up to 4G. 5G and beyond generations will bring a fundamental change to how...
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Taking marketing strategy risks with seemingly no expected gains
This paper investigates the competitive rationale for firms to invest in marketing activities aiming to enhance valuation and achieve differentiation...
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Behavior-based pricing and consumer fairness concerns with green product design
Technological innovation enables firms not only to produce green and energy-efficient products but also to more conveniently collect consumer data...
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A Conceptual Framework for Supporting High-Value Innovation in the Large Medical Technology Industry
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that identifies internal and external elements that support high-value innovation in the large medical...
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Automotive Distribution at the Gates of Change: Towards New Architectures
The automotive industry has been long adopting a selective distribution scheme in sales and service featuring an architecture of vertical...
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Configurations of business model themes and strategies in small firms: a qualitative comparative analysis
Firms’ strategies and business model themes (BMTs) entail choices that create a configuration of interdependent elements that ultimately affect a...
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Impact of gray markets on strategic channel choice and social welfare
The diversion of manufacturers’ branded products outside the authorized channel leads to the emergence of gray markets (GMs), which is legal under...
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Basics of Price Management
The potential for price optimization has increased exponentially in recent years due to digitization. Pricing processes must go beyond pure...
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Batch Scheduling of Unique and Common Components for a Three-Stage Hybrid Flow Shop Processing Different Product Types with Multiple Due Dates to Minimize Total Actual Flow Time
A three-stage hybrid flow shop consists of machining, assembly, and differentiation stages processing different product types, each of which is...