Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 15).

Originally presentd as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, 2004.

Thesis--University of Texas. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 180-181.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1952. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 281-304).

Originally presentd as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, 2004.

Tesis (licenciado en economía)--Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. / Bibliography: p. 121-[123].

Aim: The purpose of this study is to create new insights for service marketing in emerging markets by investigating the applicability of the literature on problems (that stem from the unique characteristics of services) that occur during the service marketing process of business consulting companies, and the strategies to cope with these problems. Additionally, this paper intends to elucidate the extent to which the position on the emerging market spectrum was related to the problems (that stem from the unique characteristics of services) during the service marketing process, and the strategies to cope with these problems. / <p>Master Thesis Kevin Siemons &amp; Henrik Steybe</p>

We examine the dynamics of Canadian labour markets using data from the Survey of Employment, Payroll, and Hours and the Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada from 1961-2014. Using univariate, and multivariate Vector Autoregressive methodology, we estimate Impulse Response Functions and perform Granger non-causal tests to explore the relationships between wages, employment, and unemployment. We demonstrate the difference in analysis gained from regional definitions and assumptions regarding the heterogeneity of provinces within the Canadian regional context. Transitory labour supply shocks propagate different directions and magnitudes in wage growth in Quebec and unemployment growth in Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia when estimating Impulse Response Functions in the provincial trivariate VAR framework. We also find that there are statistically significant differences in the estimated parameters of regional multivariate VAR model specifications and corresponding restricted models, though these tests are not exhaustive. / Graduate

Buyer and seller interactions are analyzed with intermediaries called traders using a network structure. Goods are traded in the market through those networks. Each seller and buyer is linked to a trader through a network. We introduce asymmetric information on the valuation of goods by sellers and buyers. We deal with a two-stage game with incomplete information. The trader tries to maximize his profit. In Chapter 1, we analyze even network structures with one seller-one trader-one buyer and two buyers-one trader-two sellers and the asymmetric network cases with one seller-one trader-two buyers and two sellers-one trader-one buyer. We find that he sometimes offers different prices to sellers or to buyers when the penalty is almost zero in the second even network. We obtain that the trader sometimes offers the same price to all three parties to receive the maximum profit in the second asymmetric case. In Chapter 2, we allow there to be multiple traders and analyze how buyer and seller prices are influenced by competition among traders in a model of uncertainty. Sometimes, the seller and buyer both benefit from the competition between the two traders. The traders compete in the sense of a Bertrand duopoly to choose the price where each trader aims to maximize his profit. In other network structures, we note that the sellers who are not subject to the competition between two traders suffer from the consequences of the monopoly competition. We obtain that there will not be one fixed price that the traders offer the second seller and the second buyer in the last two network structures depending on the conditions on the valuations for the traded good. Middlemen, either as individuals or realtors, seem to have influential effects on the pricing strategy in the housing market. In Chapter 3, we analyze the contribution of the middlemen in the housing market as an application to trade networks. We work on a specific dataset related to the housing prices for two main neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. The characteristics of those neighborhoods differ in terms of its distance to downtown or high-valued residential houses. We compare and contrast the returns for those two neighborhoods with distinct properties in order to investigate if any of these neighborhoods yield higher returns for the middlemen.

This thesis examines the anthropology of markets and shopping practices in Mercado Pino Suárez, an indoor market located in Centro Historico in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The research objective of this anthropological fieldwork is to investigate how markets are a center for social relationships that influence shopping and consumption. Sociability between consumers and vendors is significant as it defines a market. The field research is a two-month-long summer project conducted to understand why people shop at the market, with a major focus on shopping for food related products. Interviews and participant observation, including participation as a consumer or as a volunteer vendor, support observations of social shopping practices that occur within the market. Shoppers attend the market for various reasons, such as purchasing for convenience, price, and quality of the products. However, this thesis will elucidate how shoppers visit the market for the experience of socializing which contributes to familiarity and trust from knowing vendors and their products. Mercado Pino Suárez exemplifies how the market is a shopping experience where vendors and shoppers can be neighbors, friends, and family. Shopper and vendor interactions go beyond economic reasons where people share ideas about food and cuisine, thus illuminating the market’s significance in shaping local culture.