Distribution Channels as Political Economies: A Framework for Comparative Analysis

1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis W. Stern ◽  
Torger Reve
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Channel Member ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
Political Economies

This paper presents a unifying framework for the analysis of distribution channels which encompasses both economic and sociopolitical determinants of channel member behavior and provides a suitable departure point for comparative work. The framework integrates present approaches to the study of marketing channels and provides an essential, but heretofore missing, basis for comprehensive empirical research in the area.

Scientific methodological approaches to the developmentof strategy of sustainable development of territorial communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Olexander Martynyuk ◽  
Inna Studennikova ◽  
Volodymyr Hromozdov ◽  
Victor Maliarevsky
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Structured Approach ◽  
Developing Strategies

The purpose of the article is to propose methodological assistance to the selfgovernment system in developing strategies for sustainable development of territorialcommunities. Methodology. The research used the works of foreign and domesticspecialists involved in the development of sustainable development strategies.Authors applied methods of scientific comparative analysis, general scientificmethods of theoretical, empirical research and a method of expert evaluation. Scientificnovelty includes clear well-structured approach to identification of what is neededto develop a strategy of territorial communities’ development, important tasks fora working group, SWOT analysis methods, what should be analysed to achievestrategic goals and consistency of organizational details. Conclusions. Complianceto the proposed scientific methodological approaches to the development of thestrategies of territorial communities’ sustainable development enables the communityto obtain a strategic algorithm for its sustainable development.

Introduction Tè glise, Continents à la dérive

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
John Patrick Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Injustice ◽  
Historical Awareness ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Political Time ◽  
Slow Violence ◽  
Fault Lines ◽  
A Site ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Point Of Departure

The book opens with analysis of Yanick Lahens’ reflection on the disastrous convergence of geological and political time in the Haitian earthquake of 2010. Lahens contemplates the imbrication of geological, political, and social fault lines to complicate the exceptional image of Haiti as a site of disaster. The introduction considers Lahens’ understanding of fault lines, below and above ground, in light of Rob Nixon’s critique of the slow violence of environmental injustice and Michel Serres’ idea of a natural contract with the planet. It brings together Lahens, Nixon, and Serres to illustrate the different conceptions of time and space that inform the ecological thought of a Haitian writer, an American critic, and a French philosopher. Taking this comparative analysis as its point of departure, the introduction begins to develop a theory of an eco-archive as an ethical and imaginative writing on the environment. It merges ecocriticism with the historical awareness of Haitian studies to argue that Lahens and other Haitian writers challenge the neocolonial and neoliberal political economies that feed the dominant narratives of the Anthropocene.

Theoretical and Empirical Comparative Analysis on Quantitative and Qualitative Marketing Researches

2015 ◽  
pp. 1712-1730
Author(s):  
Piotr Tarka ◽  
Mirosława Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Methodological Aspects

This chapter focuses on the similarities and differences between quantitative and qualitative marketing research projects and the possibilities of combining them in triangulation. The comparative analysis of both types of the research was conducted on the basis of literature review and the empirical research results, which were obtained from the evaluation of usability of Polish bank website. In the following sections, the authors discuss issues such as: 1) specificity of quantitative vs. qualitative marketing research, with regards to the implemented research projects; 2) methodological aspects of quantitative and qualitative research. They compare the selected research and sampling methods. Also, the problems which may occur with reference to quantitative and qualitative marketing research triangulation on different stages of the research project are discussed. Moreover, strengths and weaknesses of triangulation are analyzed. At the end, the example of quantitative and qualitative triangulation in the research project investigating the usability of websites is presented.

Countering Violent Extremism: A Framework for Comparative Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiran Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Vulnerable Youth ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Engagement Interventions

Countering violent extremism (CVE) has become a core component of counterterrorism strategies. As a concept and field of research, the CVE label lacks clarity, but it refers to policy and programs designed to prevent violent extremism and radicalization. The major components of CVE include community engagement, interventions for vulnerable youth, efforts to counter online extremism, and attempts to deradicalize terrorist offenders through psychological and religious counseling. Evidence about the effectiveness of these programs remains limited, but empirical research in the field is growing. CVE is commonly understood through a public-health framework that focuses on program targets: communities, at-risk individuals, and convicted offenders. A more thorough comparative approach would also consider governance, definitions of key concepts, aims, actors, targets, activities, and context.

scholarly journals ‘These Are the Medicines That “Make” Monsters’: Thalidomide in Southern Africa, 1958–1962

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 898-923
Author(s):  
Julie Parle ◽  
Ludger Wimmelbücker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
World War ◽  
The West ◽  
World War 2 ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
Extensive Damage

Summary Thalidomide is amongst the most notorious drugs of all time. The majority of accounts of its distribution to the early 1960s focus on those countries where thalidomide caused the most extensive damage, most notably in economically developed countries. This article raises, however, questions about intended, explored, initiated or sometimes thwarted markets for thalidomide-containing preparations outside ‘the West’. It does so by focusing on Southern African markets for thalidomide, particularly those in Angola, Mozambique, (now) Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. We place differences in the drug’s distribution channels in the context of the political economies of pharmaceuticals markets in the region in the decades after World War 2 and argue that colonial legacies and circuits of commerce can contribute to an understanding of why some regions ‘escaped a thalidomide disaster’. Finally, from late 1961 through 1962, we chart Southern African attempts to establish, or deny, the local presence of the teratogen.

scholarly journals Motivations for running in men: A comparative analysis of local runners and sports tourists

Turyzm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko ◽  
Joanna Poczta
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Sports Events

The aim of the study is to to examine the motivations for participating in a half-marathon among two groups of runners, local running in their place of residence and sports tourists, and to evaluate the differences between them. With the increase in the popularity of ‘running tourism’ the question becomes important as it encourages runners to engage in physical activity outside their everyday place of residence. Freyer and Gross’s (2002) four types of motivation for participation in sports events was the basis for the development of the author’s questionnaire. The empirical research (sample size=346) then recognized these motives for participation. The article also presents a review of the literature on such motivations in mass running events. Results indicate that both group of respondents, residents of the place where the half-marathon was organised and sports tourists, have different forms of motivation. The greatest relevance for sports tourists turned out to be motivation for sensation-seeking but for local runners it was the result, and this confirms that sports tourists travel generally in search for strong emotions and sensations.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of socio-psychological Factors of Contentment of Marriage in Russian and ossetian Families

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
S. K. Letyagina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Real

The article deals with socio-psychological factors of contentment of marriage in modern society. The results of the empirical research of the factors of contentment of marriage by the example of Russian and Ossetian families are given in the article. Special emphasis is placed by the author on the problem of imbalance of gender stereotypes and the real role of females and males in the aspect of the problem.

scholarly journals FMCG companies specific distribution channels

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Barin
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Network ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Economic Cycle ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Specific Distribution ◽  
Actual Movement ◽  
Operational Processes

Distribution includes all activities undertaken by the producer, alone or in cooperation, since the end of the final finished products or services until they are in possession of consumers. The distribution consists of the following major components: distribution channels or marketing channels, which together form a distribution network; logistics o rphysical distribution. In order to effective achieve, distribution of goods requires an amount of activities and operational processes related to transit of goods from producer to consumer, the best conditions, using existing distribution channels and logistics system. One of the essential functions of a distribution is performing acts of sale, through which, with the actual movement of goods, their change of ownership takes place, that the successive transfer of ownership from producer to consumer. This is an itinerary in the economic cycle of goods, called the distribution channel.

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