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2011) Repositioning Dynamics and pricing Strategy
- Journal of Marketing Research, forthcoming
"... We measure the revenue and cost implications to supermarkets of changing their price posi-tioning strategy in oligopolistic downstream retail markets. Our approach formally incorporates the dynamics induced by the repositioning in a model with strategic interaction. We exploit a unique dataset conta ..."
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containing the price-format decisions of all U.S. supermarkets in the 1990s. The data contain the format-change decisions of supermarkets in response to a large shock to their local market positions: the entry of Wal-Mart. We exploit the responses of retailers to Wal-Mart entry to infer the cost of changing
What happens when Wal-Mart comes to town: An empirical analysis of the discount retailing industry
, 2006
"... In the past few decades multi-store retailers, especially those with a hundred or more stores, have experienced substantial growth. At the same time, there is widely reported public outcry over the impact of these chain stores on small retailers and local communities. This paper develops an empirica ..."
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to 1997 and yields interesting results. First, Wal-Mart’s expansion from the late 1980s to the late 1990s explains about fifty to seventy percent of the net change in the number of small discount retailers. Failure to address the endogeneity of the firms ’ entry decisions would result in underestimating
2006) “Wal-Mart and Local Labor Markets, 1990-2004,” unpublished paper
"... Contrary to popular opinion and previous estimates, this paper finds that Wal-Mart raises local retail (and possibly non-retail) employment, but has little effect on wages or the number of establishments. The main discrepancy with earlier studies arises because we control for trends that pre-date Wa ..."
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-date Wal-Mart’s entry. Results indicate that Wal-Mart tends to expand where on-going growth is relatively strong overall, but relatively weak in the retail sector, so most previous work has been biased toward those conclusions. We also identify two reasons why effects are likely smaller now than previously
WRESTLING WITH WAL-MART Tradeoff s Between Profi ts, Prices,
"... The benefi ts and costs of Wal-Mart’s expansion across the United States have been hotly debated. Critics of the retailer have documented the extent to which Wal-Mart uses its market power to undermine its workers ’ com-pensation: squeezing suppliers and hurting local economies along the way. Suppor ..."
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The benefi ts and costs of Wal-Mart’s expansion across the United States have been hotly debated. Critics of the retailer have documented the extent to which Wal-Mart uses its market power to undermine its workers ’ com-pensation: squeezing suppliers and hurting local economies along the way
The Evolving Food Chain: Competitive Effects of Wal-Mart’s Expansion into the Supermarket Industry.” Unpublished paper
, 2006
"... We analyze the effect of Wal-Mart’s entry into the grocery market using a unique store-level price panel data set. We use OLS and two IV specifications to esti-mate the effect of Wal-Mart’s entry on competitors ’ prices of 24 grocery items across several categories. Wal-Mart’s price advantage over c ..."
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We analyze the effect of Wal-Mart’s entry into the grocery market using a unique store-level price panel data set. We use OLS and two IV specifications to esti-mate the effect of Wal-Mart’s entry on competitors ’ prices of 24 grocery items across several categories. Wal-Mart’s price advantage over
Firm Entry and Wages: Impact of Wal-Mart Growth on Earnings throughout the Retailing Sector.” Working paper. Institute of 20 on Labor and Employment
, 2007
"... Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of Wal-Mart expansion on wages, benefits, and skill-composition of retail workers during the 1990s. We exploit the spatial pattern of Wal-Mart diffusion, radiating outward from the original store in Benton county, Arkansas, to control for potential endogene ..."
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Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of Wal-Mart expansion on wages, benefits, and skill-composition of retail workers during the 1990s. We exploit the spatial pattern of Wal-Mart diffusion, radiating outward from the original store in Benton county, Arkansas, to control for potential
copyright notice appears on all such copies. An Empirical Investigation of Wal-Mart’s Expansion into Food Retailing
, 2008
"... This paper analyzes Wal-Mart’s expansion into food retailing, focusing on its store conversion strategy via a formal IO entry framework. Forty-eight different competing model specifications are considered to determine how the company perceives competition from incumbent food retailers and how its ge ..."
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This paper analyzes Wal-Mart’s expansion into food retailing, focusing on its store conversion strategy via a formal IO entry framework. Forty-eight different competing model specifications are considered to determine how the company perceives competition from incumbent food retailers and how its
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"... re min pan t str Entry of new firms is essentially unaffected. Moreover, the stores most damaged by Wal-Mart’s entry are the outlets of larger chains. This suggests that Wal-Mart’s expansion into groceries is quite distinct as tran ng imp to its i and-pop firmswas striking, leading tomuch debate ove ..."
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re min pan t str Entry of new firms is essentially unaffected. Moreover, the stores most damaged by Wal-Mart’s entry are the outlets of larger chains. This suggests that Wal-Mart’s expansion into groceries is quite distinct as tran ng imp to its i and-pop firmswas striking, leading tomuch debate
EVIDENCE FROM MILK PRICES
, 2007
"... This article examines the impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters ’ entry on incumbents ’ pricing behavior and demand. Using a structural model and milk data from the Dallas/Fort Worth supermarket chains, empirical results show that an expansion of Supercenters caused incumbents to price milk significantly ..."
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This article examines the impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters ’ entry on incumbents ’ pricing behavior and demand. Using a structural model and milk data from the Dallas/Fort Worth supermarket chains, empirical results show that an expansion of Supercenters caused incumbents to price milk significantly
Masters of Business Administration.
, 2011
"... ii The growing importance of emerging markets in the global economy leads many multinationals (MNEs) to explore and expand into them. Saturation and slow growth in home markets, coupled with rising incomes in emerging markets, has also accelerated retail internationalisation. These markets are gener ..."
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are generally unfamiliar to the predominantly western firms, and they come with intractable social problems, where resultant stakeholder activism abounds. The purpose of this study was to investigate stakeholder management during entry of a retailer, Wal-Mart, into an emerging market, South Africa, in order
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