“Reverse Marketization”: Market Failure or Deficiency in Management?

Reverse Logistics and Market - Driven Management

The reverse logistics applies to the flow of products and materials in the opposite direction to direct logistics, from the market to the production sites or the specialised centres, where they are sent to be appropriately treated. The growing attention to reverse logistics is explained primarily by the need to comply with regulations on environmental protection, Given the intensified competiti...

Policy failure or success? Detecting market failure in China's housing market

Due to a high vacancy rate of residential homes, housing prices remain sticky in most urban areas of China, which causes higher searching and bargaining costs. With an inefficient outcome, deadweight loss and market failure arises. To assess the Chinese government’s housing policies in 2010, we develop a dynamic equilibrium model, in which we demonstrate how the sticky price results in market f...

Obesity and heart failure prognosis: paradox or reverse epidemiology?

Obesity is a problem reaching epidemic proportions in westernized society and is a major cause of preventable death. Obesity has many adverse effects on coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors and is probably an independent risk factor for CAD events. Epidemiological studies have clearly shown a strong relationship between obesity and increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in...

Failure of losing weight by acupuncture:Acupuncture failure or patient incompliance?

Losing weight by acupuncture is an old Chinese method. Nevertheless, many physician and even people don’t believe to it. The main goal of this study is effectiveness of acupuncture on obesity. This study includes some 40 patients aged 16-48 years, with male to female ratio 1 to 2, who fulfilled with obesity criteria of this study. On the base of Obesity syndrome of diagnosis the mains body poin...

Market forces and USA health care: success or failure?