Market concentration ratios are popular statistics for characterizing the extent of market dominance in an imperfectly competitive market, but these ratios may not agree when comparing two markets. Neither do they necessarily agree with the Herfindahl-Hirschman or entropy indices. This letter compares two Cournot oligopoly markets in which firms have constant unit costs. It is shown that the ma...

Major investments in infrastructure rehabilitation have been undertaken by govemments, development banks and donors in developing countries in recent decades. In Sub-Saharan Africa road deterioration is perceived to be one ofthe main causes for the limited supply response after price liberalization in agricultural markets. Studies of the quantitative effects on marketing margins are rare. This ...

Product Marketing Manager, Synopsys Introduction An accepted trend in the semiconductor industry, where process geometry is continuously shrinking, is the growing impact of variation in static timing analysis (STA). Similar to Signal Integrity (SI), which was introduced as a first order effect in 130-nm and then became more sophisticated over geometry nodes, on-chip-variation (OCV) started at 1...

BACKGROUND We aimed to examine both the diagnostic modalities used to identify breast lesions and their surgical management in an Ontario community hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of the preoperative diagnostic tools used by 6 general surgeons for palpable and nonpalpable breast lesions and considered the types of surgical procedures performed. Patients who underwe...

PURPOSE The term close surgical margin refers to a tumor extending to the inked margin of the specimen without reaching it. Current guidelines state that a close surgical margin should simply be reported as negative. However, this recommendation remains controversial and relies on limited evidence. We evaluated the impact of close surgical margins on the long-term risk of biochemical recurrence...

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether the application marketing mix strategy through SWOT formulation can increase sales volume processed wood. This research was conducted at office PT. Three "Rs" located Jalan Sultan Abdullah No. 75 Makassar, with time required by author approximately 3 (three) months starting from beginning May July 2009. population in are all consumers who use wood...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...