Nintendo’s Mario Kart is perhaps the most popular racing video game franchise. Players race alone or against opponents to finish in the fastest time possible. Players can also use items to attack and defend from other racers. We prove two hardness results for generalized Mario Kart: deciding whether a driver can finish a course alone in some given time is NP-hard, and deciding whether a player ...

Researchers have suggested that a sustainable competitive advantage can only achieved through relationship marketing. This paper examines the relationship-based programs of NZ agribusinesses. Successful positioning requires forming strong relationships throughout the supply chain and developing strong brands. This requires significant changes on behalf of agribusinesses, requiring them to forsa...

From University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona; St David’s South Austin Medical Center, Austin, Texas; Wellmont Cancer Institute, Kingsport, Tennessee; Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky; University of California, San Francisco; Meniscus Educational Institute, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Genentech GI & Lung Franchise, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Abramson Cancer Center, Hospit...

Growth in the nonprofit sector typically occurs through a system of franchises. This paper explores the factors which encourage franchising in the sector. Data are analyzed from a survey by the author which suggest that the choice by nonprofits of the franchise versus branch offke form is consistent with the predictions made by agency theory. Mechanisms used by nonprofit franchises to enhance i...

Competition in the business world is getting tougher and tighter. This encourages entrepreneurs, both large small scale, to compete face competition strive for their continue exist. One of ways that entrepreneurs do expanding open a franchise system or franchise. The essence franchising contract agreement regarding distribution goods services consumers. In between giver franchisee, there are ri...