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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"competitive pricing"”.
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Competitive pricing and learning in CPU sockets
An Intel processor can be electrically attached to a PC motherboard permanently or via a component called a socket. Intel defines the critical interfaces between the socket and the processor. Independent suppliers then manufacture the sockets and Intel validates the design of the sockets before …
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Optimal Competitive Pricing and Entry Under Technological Change
… among three factors: the existing firm's pricing strategy, the potential competitor's entry timing, and technological change. Two research questions are addressed: (1) how does technological change influence both firms' decisions? and (2) how will both firms' decisions affect each other?
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Heuristics for Multi-period Competitive Pricing Strategies for Manufacturing Companies
… random, safe or conservative and aggressive. The competitive interaction between companies is based on Sweezy's economic model in which the competitor al-ways has the first move and the response is instantaneous. There are various heuristics developed such as ¿¿¿Beat'em¿¿¿, ¿¿¿Finish'em¿¿¿, …
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Assessing low-fare entry in airline markets : impacts of revenue management and network flows
… to the incumbent, by the incumbent carrier's competitive pricing response, and by the competitive revenue management situation. For example, average fares on the incumbent carrier can either increase or decrease following entry by a new competitor, depending on whether one or both airlines …
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A new direction and business plan for the golf business in Korea : strategies to attract customers to the domestic market
… attracting golf tourists by promoting their competitive pricing. The Korean golf industry must identify and promote its competitive advantages to survive in this increasingly competitive environment. The main purpose of this study is to identify various strategies to increase customer demand …
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Visual Quality Integerated Cost Model For Developing Green Neighborhoods: An Optimization Approach
… for a certain neighborhood and influences the pricing strategy of the units in the development. This research aims at maximizing the profitability of neighborhood development projects while enhancing the visual sustainability parameters by determining the best number, location and orientation …
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Strategic interactions in modern elections and markets
… collusion, sustaining prices up to 200\% of competitive levels. However, targeted regulation of major firms can effectively restore competitive pricing. Together, these contributions provide computational frameworks for understanding technology-mediated strategic behavior while offering …
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Effect of Relationship Marketing Tactics on Customers’ Loyalty in Commercial Banks in Geita District, Tanzania
… promotional campaigns (value offers) and competitive pricing strategies. The study recommended that commercial banks should tailor their relationship marketing tactics to local environment rather than applying urban practices to rural communities. It also recommended immediate training of …
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The estimation of the degree of pricing competition in the British Columbia wine industry (1957-1986)
… in an environment that fostered less than competitive behaviour. Two factors in particular may have been responsible for creating such an environment: (1) the structure of the industry was inherently oligopolistic; and (2) protection from foreign competition was afforded by the British …
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Price Dynamics and Spatial Market Structure for Three U.S. Southern Pine Timber Products
… is often interpreted as indicative of the competitiveness and efficiency of these markets. This conclusion is based on the assumptions that firms price F.O.B. and F.O.B. pricing in spatial markets is expected to yield results analogous to the usual competitive results in spaceless markets …
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The modern spaza: how can e-commerce support spaza shops in achieving the six dimensions of food security in a low-income area?
… of scale, as well as the significance of competitive pricing and product range availability on spaza shops' purchasing decisions. Serving the foreign spaza sector presents additional challenges related to the digital divide, language barriers, and the nature of informality. The thesis …
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Market-Based and Policy-Based Conditional Demand Forecaster for Airline Revenue Management
… class restrictions increases the importance of competitive pricing in the practice of airline revenue management. In this dissertation, we propose a novel forecasting framework, market-based and policy-based conditional demand forecaster (MPCF) to provide airline revenue management systems …
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Business-level competitive strategy in the United States hardwood lumber industry
… reputation, freedom from surface checks, competitive pricing, and within-load thickness consistency. The least determinant attribute was the presence of the suppliers logo or trademark. The importance of various attributes was generally consistent across the market segments and producers …
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A comparative investigation of the success factors affecting local- and foreign-owned SMMEs in the Thulamela Local Municipality
… and strategically, hence making them more competitive than local SMMEs owners. Both local- and foreign-owned SMMEs experience challenges from - crime, financial constraints, market and competitive pressure, government rules, regulation and licensing, lack of government support and services. …
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An examination of factors influencing producer adoption of HT canola
This thesis develops a conceptual framework to determine the probability of adopting HT canola when producers are assumed heterogeneous. The model is based on the framework developed by Fulton and Keyowski (1999), but is modified from a deterministic model to a probabilistic model. The study also …
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Life Cycle Management of Nuclear Power Stations
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Analysing the Impact of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the Sustainability of Competitiveness of the Petrochemical Industry in Saudi Arabia
… of petrochemicals in the world. Owing to the competitive and none fluctuating price of natural gas, investments in olefins and derivatives have increased, which also bring high returns. The aim of this research, hence, is to analyse the impact of Saudi Arabia’s accession to the WTO on the …
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Three essays on spatial, vertical price transmission and asymmetric supply response in livestock sectors
… empirical evidence in support of asymmetric pricing behavior in beef trade among the TPP countries, mostly showing that the rate of adjustment to negative shocks to long-run equilibrium tends to occur more rapidly than that for the positive price shocks among the TPP countries. To examine the …