Businesses come and go. Products come and go. What is the future of your business? The answer often lies in issues related to substitution, switching and switching costs. As a business owner, your future may hinge on your understanding of these concepts. All of life is an evolution. Business is...
This paper consider the problem of a monopolist retailer choosing the optimal assortment and in-ventory levels for a discrete set of products with varying prices and costs in order to maximize expected profit in a single-period setting. Customer preferences are modeled through the definition of consumer types, where a type...
Since 1993 the Internet has evolved explosively from what had once been a technical curiosity to a major influence on business and many aspects of people's personal lives. Its rapid rate of penetration, it has been argued, will cause the elimination of paper, mail and print media. It has thus...
The ECC investigations, presented in this paper, include load carrying structural members in new infrastructure systems, as well as for repair and retrofitting of existing structures. ECC design has been built on the paradigm of the relationships between material microstructures, processing, material properties, and performance. This paradigm has worked very...
Financial economics research has suggested that expected returns are not the same across assets, and that their movements over time are not simply described or explained. Article argues that this suggestion has implications for the study of substitution over time --namely that 'the' interest rate in aggregate theory is not...
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit LIHTC was originated in conjunction with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA 86) to provide incentives for private sector production of low-income housing. In this note we examine whether these units have added to the existing stock or merely substituted for unsubsidized units...
This paper provides guidance on how corporations should choose the optimal mix of linear and nonlinear derivatives. It demonstrates why a firm's optimal hedging position should generally be comprised of linear contracts, but as its business, quantity risk increases, its use of linear contracts will decline due to costs associated...
SUMMER SALES Transfer news and managerial manoeuvres *CELTIC Georgios Samaras revealed he "closed the doors" on all other clubs to fulfil his wish to sign a permanent deal at Parkhead. The Greece international right has signed a three-year contract with the Scottish champions, having scored six times...
SUMMER SALES Transfer news and managerial manoeuvres *CELTIC Georgios Samaras revealed he "closed the doors" on all other clubs to fulfil his wish to sign a permanent deal at Parkhead. The Greece international right has signed a three-year contract with the Scottish champions, having scored six times...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings confirms the 'AA-/F1+' rating assigned to the $91,000,000 Illinois Finance Authority pollution control revenue refunding bonds Commonwealth Edison Company Project, series 2008F. On the effective date of July 23, 2008, the rating will be based on a substitute letter of credit LOC issued by the...
Producer of Woody Allen's films Charles Joffe was a high-powered agent and manager, and co- producer of most of Woody Allen's films, winning an Oscar for Annie Hall (1977) and a Bafta award for Manhattan (1979). He and his partner, Jack Rollins, specialised in...
SUMMER SALES Transfer news and managerial manoeuvres *CELTIC Georgios Samaras revealed he "closed the doors" on all other clubs to fulfil his wish to sign a permanent deal at Parkhead. The Greece international right has signed a three-year contract with the Scottish champions having scored six times...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD FlyDubai, a new low-cost airline in Dubai, has placed an order with aircraft maker Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) for 50 Next-Generation 737-800s. The order is worth approximately USD3.74bn at current list prices. The contract gives FlyDubai substitution rights...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- NovaBone Products, LLC NBP has released a new form of the synthetic bone graft, NovaBone Putty[R] bone graft substitute. "Surgeons now have a synthetic that handles more easily," said Arthur Wotiz, CEO of NovaBone Products. "NovaBone Bioactive Synthetic Graft is the only bone graft substitute that has...
Cutting just 300 to 500 calories a day from your diet could be the key to slowing the signs of aging and living longer, according to a new study. Studies have long shown that reducing calorie intake slows the aging process in rats and mice. A popular theory is that...
- Dubai's new low-cost airline orders 50 Next-Generation 737-800s - FlyDubai plans first scheduled service in mid-2009 FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing and Dubai's recently launched low-cost airline FlyDubai today announced an order for 50 Next-Generation 737-800s at the Farnborough Air...
Two tries from their substitute Craig Hall, the second of them a brilliant 95-metre effort, gave Hull the edge as two nervous sides warmed up for their Challenge Cup semi-final in two weeks' time. As a dress rehearsal this was more notable for lines fluffed than delivered...
LONDON AFP — Aston Villa are set to sign US goalkeeper Brad Guzan after agreeing a fee with his current club Chivas USA. Villa manager Martin O'Neill agreed a fee in the region of 2million pounds for Guzan during the January transfer window but the deal fell through...
MOSCOW AFP — Brazilian striker Vagner Love scored a first-half hat-trick to lead CSKA Moscow to a 5-1 win over city rivals, and nine-time champions, Spartak in the Russian Premier league on Saturday. The Red Army side were 3-0 ahead before the interval thanks to Love's treble. ...
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