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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Industry Structure"”.
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Essays in Educational Economics and Industry Structure
… examination of the effect of ownership structure on format choice in the radio industry. I use a Hotelling type location model to study the effects of mergers in the radio industry. I find that common ownership of two radio stations results in format choices that are more similar than …
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Firm Size, Industry Structure, and Pecuniary Economies of Scale
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The New Zealand dairy industry--international trade & industry structure
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Import Competition and Domestic Bankruptcy; The Impact of Industry Structure
Business is becoming increasingly more international. From a narrow, domestic perspective, increasing internationalization is not always appreciated. Trade deficits and declining domestic industries are often attributed to foreign competition.
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The impact of German telecommunications deregulation on the industry structure
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Industry structure, market structure and international trade: theoretical and empirical observations
… international trade activity as affected by the structure of markets and industries. The paper builds upon recent international economic literature that models international trade within imperfect markets. Arguments for trade intervention by national governments in order to shift industry rents …
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Financial liberalization and industry structure nexus: an investigation using dynamic heterogeneous panels from Malawian data
… The study focuses on the changes in industrial structure and performance following a regime change in the financial system: from financial repression to financial liberalization. It has been suggested that financial liberalization may be a key policy to promote industrialisation as it removes …
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Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
Our investigation of industry structure in South African manufacturing reveals evidence of imperfect competition. We find an average mark-up of 50% for the period 1970 to 2004. Results suggest that there is no consistent trend in the mark-up over time. Extending this analysis, we find that two …
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The impact of national culture and industry structure on grocery retail customer loyalty: a comparative study of the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
… the effect of national culture and industry structure on customer loyalty in grocery retailing has been thinly researched. This PhD is the first to investigate the influence of these factors by examining two culturally and structurally disparate markets; the UK and Sri Lanka. A …
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The Moderating Role of the Industry Structure on the Causal Relationships between Remote Risks, Task Risks, and Industry Performance: Empirical Study of the U.S. Casual Theme Restaurant Industry
… of remote and task risks in relation to the structure of the casual theme restaurant industry, and to examine the performance consequences of their relationships. This study proposed a framework of analysis that will enable industry participants to develop an improved understanding of the …
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Strategies for Entering the Chinese Outbound Travel Market
… is a timely study undertaken to examine the structure of the Chinese outbound tourism industry, its characteristics and the influencing factors which drive its evolution. Successful entry strategies can only grow out of sophisticated understanding of industry structure and how it evolves. …
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A strategic study of disruption, dis-integration, and modularity in the microprocessor industry
… management research has pointed out, that the structure of industries is not static. In some cases, striking shifts in industry structure have led to value creation explosions, the entry of new firms, and dramatic shifts in the value capture capability of firms within the industry. Perhaps the …
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Essays in Heterogeneity, Irreversibility and Aggregate Fluctuations
… explores the connections between micro structure and technologies available to the agents operating in the economy and the dynamic of aggregate output and productivity. The thesis aims at further understanding the linkages between investment decisions of heterogeneous firms, the industry …
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The evolution of the wireless equipment value chain
… wireless telephony has seen waves of change in industry structure. This thesis surveys the forces currently driving change in the industry, outlines scenarios that describe potential directions for reorganization of the industry structure, and lists a set of warning signs that may provide clues …
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Impact of IT-enabled organizational change on firm performance : an event study
… goods. This thesis however, focuses on how industry structure can influence the firm's performance and the value created for shareholders via IT initiatives. It will study how organizational structure and management changes enabled by IT influence the performance of firms. Current literature …
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Managing the structure, regulation and infrastructure investment decisions in the natural gas industry of Ghana
In light of developing a nascent gas industry, present multiple challenges in restructuring, regulations and meeting infrastructure investments requirements. To identify an appropriate industry structure and provide suitable regulatory framework to attract adequate infrastructure investments are …
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Power management as a system-level inhibitor of modularity in the mobile computer industry
Since the mid-90s, the computer industry has been very modular with respect to both product architecture and industry structure. The growing market size of mobile computers means that the challenges facing this segment are starting to affect the direction of the industry. It is argued in this paper …
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Application platform suite software vendors' strategies in standards driven industry networks
The emergence of industry standards often has disruptive impacts on the behavior of markets. It can drive commoditization, substitution and convergence. It also changes the industry structure creating new business models and value chains, coupled with the entrance of new firms and the exit of …
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Regional Resilience: Are recessionary shocks persistent or transitory?
… statistics areas and analyses the impact of industry structure on the resilience of US metropolitan areas. The third empirical Chapter focuses on the resilience of wages in the US to the global economic crisis. The final empirical Chapter analyses the impact of the crisis on individual’s …
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The dynamics of supply chains in the automotive industry
… looks at how supply chains in the automotive industry operate from the perspective of the manufacturers. The study includes the industry structure, the top players in the industry, factors that drive the industry, and supply chain challenges for companies in the industry. It was found that …
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