Empirical studies have delivered mixed conclusions on whether the widely acclaimed assertions of lower electronic retail (e-tail) prices are true and to what extent these prices impact conventional retail prices, profits, and consumer welfare. For goods that require little in-person preor postsales support such as CDs, DVDs, and books, we extend Balasubramanian’s e-tailer-in-the-center, spatial...

This paper studies dealer trading profits, spread components and implications for market making costs for a representative dealer in the foreign exchange market. Though accounting for only about 14% of total trade volume, customer trades generate about 75% of the dealer’s gross trading profits. Inter-dealer trades have negligible profit implications for the dealer who maintains his function as ...

The term churning is defined by a multifaceted approach and quite complex concept that has been gaining relevance in the field of human resources, due to problematic loss investment, originating from voluntary exits worker-associated costs. This phenomenon direct result rising competitive job market, causing employees leave organizations carry with them all knowledge experience acquired startin...

The purpose of response modeling for direct marketing is to identify those customers who are likely to purchase a campaigned product, based upon customers’ behavioral history and other information available. Contrary to mass marketing strategy, well-developed response models used for targeting specific customers can contribute profits to firms by not only increasing revenues, but also lowering ...

. light is an environmental factor, which has profound influences on broilers performance and frequently overlooked management practices. this study was conducted to compare the effects of different lighting programs on growth, carcass parts and economical performance using 320 one day–old broilers (arian 386) in completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 8 replicates per each treatment...