Industry StudiesRoutledge, 2019 M07 23 - 412 páginas Featuring new chapters on casino gambling and the nursing home industry, and updated throughout, the new edition of this highly readable text analyzes well-defined industries from commodities and manufacturing to distribution and services, showing how firms compete with one another. Each study gives appropriate attention to government policies that have influenced competitive conditions in the industry, and the material is presented without the use of calculus so that anyone with some background in economic principles can benefit from it. The book provides balance in regard to the mix of industries dealt with, and also in the varying perspectives of the contributors. |
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... Average Fuel Economy regulations in 1975, each company had to produce enough small, fuel-efficient cars to average out (once again) against their more profitable, but "gas-guzzling" larger cars. Clearly, offering multiple models ...
... Average Fuel Economy regulations in 1975, each company had to produce enough small, fuel-efficient cars to average out (once again) against their more profitable, but "gas-guzzling" larger cars. Clearly, offering multiple models ...
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... average" repair record, a rating not earned by a single U.S. car model. In fact, only 15 percent of all U.S. models were at all "better than average." And what consumers perceived was exactly correct—internal studies by the companies ...
... average" repair record, a rating not earned by a single U.S. car model. In fact, only 15 percent of all U.S. models were at all "better than average." And what consumers perceived was exactly correct—internal studies by the companies ...
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... average 25 hours per vehicle. This was only about half the number of hours required ten years earlier—a remarkable improvement. As it turned out, the U.S. auto companies were pursuing rapidly moving quality and cost targets. Measured by ...
... average 25 hours per vehicle. This was only about half the number of hours required ten years earlier—a remarkable improvement. As it turned out, the U.S. auto companies were pursuing rapidly moving quality and cost targets. Measured by ...
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... average" in quality, compared to 43 percent for Japanese imports. A direct comparison of 1987 Honda Accords made in the United States with Accords imported from Japan revealed that the former had 163 problems per 100, whereas Japanese ...
... average" in quality, compared to 43 percent for Japanese imports. A direct comparison of 1987 Honda Accords made in the United States with Accords imported from Japan revealed that the former had 163 problems per 100, whereas Japanese ...
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... average 4 40 54 Average 51 17 15 Worse than average 24 — — Much worse than average 22 — 8 Source: "Frequency of Repair Records, 1985-90," April 1991. For most of this period the Japanese did not offer a truly competitive minivan. The ...
... average 4 40 54 Average 51 17 15 Worse than average 24 — — Much worse than average 22 — 8 Source: "Frequency of Repair Records, 1985-90," April 1991. For most of this period the Japanese did not offer a truly competitive minivan. The ...
Contenido
Differentiating a Commodity | |
The Critical Role of Innovation | |
Decline and Renewal | |
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICES | |
Competing with Other Forms of Entertainment | |
Generating Controversy | |
Designing Products to Reduce Costs | |
Competition Distribution and Efficiencies | |
Rising Costs and Added Forms of Service | |
Competition and Network Access | |
About the Editor and Contributors | |
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