the main purpose of this study was to identify and analyze factors affecting development of entrepreneurship in complementary and processing industries of citrus products at khouzestan province, iran. the statistical population of this study consisted of all managers in processing and complementary industries of citrus products in khouzestan province (n=89). by census method all managers were s...

It is a critical time to upgrade technology and increase value added with manufacturing skills developing and management strategies that will highly satisfy the customers need in the precision machinery global market. In recent years, the supply side, each precision machinery manufacturers in each country are facing the pressures of price reducing from the demand side voices that pushes the hig...

The market for structured financial products in Switzerland ranks among the largest in the world. A unique characteristic of the Swiss market is that its most successful products are reverse convertibles on multiple assets with conditional capital protection (multiple barrier reverse convertibles, MBRC). In other countries, an active market only exists for simpler types of reverse convertibles....

The paper describes competition within a supply network with parallel distribution channels. Each chain in the is composed of manufacturer and retailer. Manufacturers sell two complementary products to retailers, who then deliver end consumers. All players can bundle or not their assuming that retail market presents mixed bundling setting. motivation this study mainly analyze impact cost reduct...

1. Predicting the profitability and/or market share for proposed new product concepts given the current offering of competitors. 2. Predicting the impact of new competitor products on profits or market share if we make no change in our competitive position. 3. Predicting customer switch rates either from our current products to new products we offer (cannibalism), or from our competitors’ produ...

The relation between physical probabilities (rating) and risk-neutral probabilities (pricing) is derived in a large market with a quasi-factor structure. Factor sensitivities and default probabilities can be estimated for all kinds of credits on historical rating data. Since factor prices are obtainable from market data, the model allows the pricing of non-marketable credits and structured prod...

The strategic pricing decisions of assembly products in assembly products supply chain are studied in this paper. Firstly, a two-stage assembly products supply chain model is developed. By building Nash game model, the Nash equilibrium solution of pricing strategy of supplier and assemblers is obtained. Next, a union decision model is built to analyze the optimal combination pricing strategy of...

The retail market for electric power does not exhibit the usual behavior of supply and demand. Strict regulation on utility companies restrict the prices consumers can be charged. Allowing the companies to vary the price can afford them the opportunity to pass costs along to the consumers and perhaps help avoid catastrophes such as the California electric crisis. In this paper we analyze a syst...