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Bargaining over Managerial Contracts in Delegation Games: The Quadratic Cost Case [PDF]
We again examine how the managers' bargaining power affects social welfare and the firms'' profits in both quantity and price competition, in particular, in the case where each firm''s production technology is represented by a quadratic cost function. We
Yasuhiko Nakamura
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi +2 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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How and Why Decision Models Influence Marketing Resource Allocations
We study how and why model-based Decision Support Systems (DSSs) influence managerial decision making, in the context of marketing budgeting and resource allocation.
Rangaswamy, A. +3 more
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, 2009 This article describes the development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale for measuring\ud managers’ perceptions of the range of factors that routinely guide their decision-making processes.
Casali, Gian Luca
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani +6 more
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Bargaining over Managerial Contracts in Delegation Games: The Differentiated Goods Case [PDF]
This paper investigates the bargaining between owners and managers over their managerial delegation contracts, in order to explain the disclosure obligation that is central to many modern corporate governance codes.
Yasuhiko Nakamura
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Reacting to Risk with Real Options: Valuation of Managerial Flexibility in IT Projects.
Since flexibility is a critical success factor in relation to the management and design of IT investments, and understanding flexibility is a difficult issue, it is important to explore how firms build flexibility into their IT investment decisions. This
Hilhorst, C.A.R.
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A behavioural analysis of the adoption and use of interactive computer systems by senior managers [PDF]
, 1986 The purpose of this research has been to make a contribution to knowledge about those processes and phenomena which influence the use of computer-based decision systems by senior managers for their own decision activities.
Martin, Christopher John
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U.S. Consumers Sometimes Prefer Seemingly Redundant Labels
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT More food products are carrying seemingly redundant labels, which are marketing claims or certifications that reiterate product attributes already conveyed. In this paper, we aim to answer two questions on redundant labels. First, do consumers view redundant labels as deceptive or informative? Second, how do redundant labels affect product and
Jackson Lusk +2 more
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