The emergence of network retailers and corporate associative structures in some industries, which became the largest buyers or initiators market processes, began to form buyer’s power bargaining buyer that object a broader study confirmed its relevance. realization on part consumer does not always manifest itself system economic interactions as an action violates competition, but often is ident...

The article analyzes the current state and prospects for further development of competitive advantages Ukrainian electrical power industry. historical way competition in sphere economics Ukraine is provided, as this branch gradually, together with realization market reforms state, turned from monopoly into big economic associations, complexes, companies. purpose to reveal main factors trends th...

This paper studies the effects of seller concentration and static market power on tacit collusion in extensively repeated laboratory posted-offer markets. Contrary to the implications of some earlier research, we find that tacit collusion does not become pervasive with extensive repetition. In a ‘strong no power’ design persistently competitive outcomes are observed in markets with three or fou...

In this paper, we present a new method to determine the optimal location and parameter settings of UnifiedPower Flow Controller (UPFC) for removing voltage violations and transmission lines overloading. UPFC isconsidered as the most powerful member of the FACTS devices, that it can control shunt and series power flow.This option gives to UPFC the power to control the voltage profile and transmi...

Coordination and harmony between different departments of a company can be an important factor in achieving competitive advantage if the company corrects alignment between strategies of different departments. This paper presents an integrated decision model based on recent advances of geometric programming technique. The demand of a product considers as a power function of factors such as produ...