Living marine resources are inextricably linked to the cultural and economic identity of New England. The proud traditions of whaling and fishing pervade both our art and literature. Today Northeast fisheries generate in excess of $1 billion in annual first-sale revenue. Recreational fisheries and non-consumptive uses of marine mammals are likewise important sectors that help support working co...

After-sales services are important to manufacturing companies both as a source of income and as a source of gaining competitive advantage. Searching for new sources of value in the after-sale market is thus of importance for these companies since it could help them to attract customers. Manufacturing companies are now seeking innovative ways to develop after-sales services with the use of remot...

Papers studying the liquidity of a market tend to focus on decisions involving the trade-off between the selling price and the time-till-sale for a given set of market conditions. This paper characterizes the effect of a change in market conditions on a single seller where either a “price-increasing” or a “time-decreasing” change in market conditions can help a seller. Shamelessly stealing from...

The introduction of electronic means of sale and dissemination of information goods has made a new set of pricing and bundling strategies possible. In particular, information goods have a negligible marginal cost. This provides producers with an incentive to sell goods in bundles. This new space of strategies also presents producers with a set of problems to solve. In most cases, a producer wil...

by approval of building advance-sale act in 2010, it is permitted to sell in advance the buildings to be built in future. in this act, certain rights and obligations are provided for the advance-sellers and advance-buyers. the approval of the said act is a development in the law of sale of buildings. amongst them are the requirement for official registration of any building advance-sale, statut...

Buyers and sellers of dental practices have much to lose by not hiring an attorney who specializes in dental practice transitions for the sale. Such an attorney can (1) protect the dentist with language that should be (but isn't) in the contract; (2) help address any organizational, regulatory and tax issues that arise; and (3) provide far more thorough services than could nonspecializing attor...

Sale signs increase demand. The apparent effectiveness of this simple strategy is surprising; sale signs are inexpensive to produce and stores generally make no commitment when using them. As a result, they can be placed on any products, and as many products, as stores prefer. If stores can place sale signs on any or all of their products, why are they effective? We offer an explanation for the...

The cigarette is the deadliest artefact in the history of human civilisation. Most of the richer countries of the globe, however, are making progress in reducing both smoking rates and overall consumption. Many different methods have been proposed to steepen this downward slope, including increased taxation, bans on advertising, promotion of cessation, and expansion of smoke-free spaces. One op...