Analysing sporting goods manufacturers’ environmental management tools

Impact of Electronic Commerce on the Sporting Goods Market

With the ever-growing popularization and application of the Internet, the growing popularity of online shopping and e-commerce has made great progress, and the scope of future development is unlimited. The current rapid development of e-commerce has accurately grasped the current situation and future trends may also help in avoiding the obstacles in further promotion of the steady development o...

Second-Hand Markets and Collusion by Manufacturers of Semidurable Goods.∗

I show that when oligopolistic firms manufacture semidurable goods, second-hand markets can play a key role in supporting collusive behavior. This in spite of the fact that a monopolist manufacturer has an incentive to eliminate second-hand markets – a point made by a number of authors. The idea that second-hand markets facilitate collusion is supported by the many examples in which manufacture...

Tools for analysing the voice

The Relationship between Brand Image and Brand Trust in Sporting Goods Consumers

The image of a brand is the first word or image that is evoked in the mind of costumers immediately after hearing the brand name. The purpose of paying attention to the brand image is to ensure the proper mentality of consumers toward the brand. The components such as suitability, services, brand, variety, quality, and atmosphere form the brand image. The relationship between the brand image an...

Operational Complexity and Uncertainty in Firms ' Environmental Management System Certification Decisions : Japanese Manufacturers *

Firms choose to seek environmental management system certifications such as ISO 14001 certifications for certain reasons. Since obtaining and maintaining such certifications is costly and also voluntary, firms are choosy in deciding which of their establishments are to be certified. In this paper we put forward a hypothesis that firms seek ISO 14001 certifications for their establishments when ...