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Supermarket model on graphs [PDF]
The Annals of Applied Probability, 2019 We consider a variation of the supermarket model in which the servers can communicate with their neighbors and where the neighborhood relationships are described in terms of a suitable graph. Tasks with unit-exponential service time distributions arrive at each vertex as independent Poisson processes with rate $λ$, and each task is irrevocably assigned
Budhiraja, Amarjit +2 more
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Identifying and characterising price leadership in British supermarkets [PDF]
, 2012 Price leadership is a concept that lacks precision. We propose a deliberately narrow, falsifiable, definition then develop it, illustrate its feasibility and test it using the two leading British supermarket chains. We find both firms engaging in leading
Dobson, Paul +2 more
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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Influence of Short Term Financing on Profitability of Supermarkets in Central Business District Nairobi City Kenya [PDF]
, 2021 The study the examined influence of short term financing on profitability of supermarkets in central business district Nairobi city Kenya. The theoretic appraisal that guided this study was the Cash Conversion Cycle hypothesis.
Stephen Kimani, Kiarie +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo +5 more
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Journal of Sustainable Design and Applied Research in Innovative Engineering of the Built Environment, 2012 The aim of this research is to garner a full understanding of low energy construction across a variety of sectors in countries throughout the world, and then investigate how the Passiv Haus concept was applied to a Supermarket in Ireland.
Mark Wegner
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Do shoppers trust supermarkets to provide healthcare products? [PDF]
, 2016 Health care has become an important category for supermarkets worldwide with a market size of USD$980 billion in 2013, projected to grow to USD$1.226 trillion by 2018.
Mortimer, Gary
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Cost Pass‐Through in Crisis: Evidence From the German Malt‐Beer Supply Chain
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Global agri‐food supply chains are increasingly exposed to geopolitical shocks, climate volatility, and market consolidation, factors that disrupt traditional price relationships and reshape market power dynamics. Nowhere is this more visible than in the brewing sector, where agricultural raw materials meet complex industrial processing and ...
Nikolas Bublik, Lukáš Čechura
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Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out
, 2021 Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions.
Prapha, Art, Franck, Anouk
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Food Prices and Inflation Expectations in New Zealand
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food prices are conspicuous, and spending on food constitutes a considerable share of household expenditure. In this study, we use partially identified Bayesian structural vector autoregression models to analyze the effects of food price shocks on core inflation and 1‐ and 5‐year inflation expectations in New Zealand.
Puneet Vatsa +2 more
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