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IEEE Micro, 2004
A commodity is available from many vendors without distinction. Simply stated, a commodity is not a high-margin product. Pricing at multiples above unit cost requires something special - valued brand, frontier features, unique service, or lightening-fast distribution. In the beginning, computers were not commodities. During its heyday, IBM had the most
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A commodity is available from many vendors without distinction. Simply stated, a commodity is not a high-margin product. Pricing at multiples above unit cost requires something special - valued brand, frontier features, unique service, or lightening-fast distribution. In the beginning, computers were not commodities. During its heyday, IBM had the most
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Should Commodity Investors Follow Commodities' Prices?
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018Most institutional investors gain access to commodities through diversified index funds, even though mean-reverting prices and low correlation among commodities' returns suggest that two-fund separation does not hold for commodities. In contrast to demand for stocks and bonds, we find that, on average, demand for commodities is largely insensitive to ...
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When a Commodity Is Not Exactly a Commodity
Science, 2008Economic transactions for services such as health and elder care are complicated by personal interactions and emotional connections.
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The Economics of Commodities and Commodity Markets
2018This chapter covers the economic fundamentals of commodity markets (i.e., what shapes the evolution of the price of raw materials) in three steps. First, it covers the theories explaining why the futures curve can be upward or downward sloping, an essential element for commodity producing companies.
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Chevron: Outsourcing Commodity Processes in a Commodity Business
2007Faced with a large number of impending retirements, Chevron intended to downsize by outsourcing commodity services. In 2004 management recognized that taking advantage of the growing number of services available on the market required new competencies. This case describes how Chevron learned to identify appropriate outsourcing opportunities and how the
Beath, Cynthia M., Ross, Jeanne W.
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Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities
2009This chapter is devoted to Sraffa’s major contribution: a relatively slender volume — 92 pages of text, including the Preface — work on which began in 1927, when the author moved to Cambridge, and was finally published in 1960 in English, with the Italian edition following a few weeks later.1 As we shall see, in Production of Commodities by Means of ...
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The Need of Transparency in Commodity and Commodity Derivatives Markets [PDF]
, 2009 This paper argues that transparency-boosting measures specifically tailored to commodity and commodity derivatives markets are much needed. In particular, encouraging the creation of a clearing infrastructure for OTC commodity and commodity derivatives markets would be desirable.
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Geopolitical Risk and Dynamic Connectedness Between Commodity Markets
Energy Economics, 2022Xu Gong
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The Effects of Commodity Financialization on Commodity Market Volatility
Resources Policy, 2021Shusheng Ding, Tianxiang Cui, Min Du
exaly