Search for dissertations about: "Switching costs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words Switching costs.

  2. 1. Evaluating the Swedish mobile communications market: Switching costs and network effects

    Author : Pratompong Srinuan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Switching costs; competition; network effects; termination-based price discrimination; Swedish mobile communications market;

    Abstract : The Swedish mobile communications market has been facing telecommunication liberalization since 1993. The telecom regulator has implemented many regulations in order to ensure that competition in the mobile communication market is intense and consumers have various choices of services with fair prices. READ MORE

  4. 2. On the Value of Customer Loyalty Programs - A Study of Point Programs and Switching Costs

    Author : Henrik Sällberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; loyalty programs; point programs; switching costs; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : The increased prevalence of customer loyalty programs has been followed by an increased academic interest in schemes. This is partly because the Internet has made competition 'one click away'. It is also because information technology has made it more economical for firms to collect customer information by way of loyalty programs. READ MORE

  5. 3. The impacts of network effects and multi-service provision on consumer switching costs in the Swedish telecommunications market

    Author : Pratompong Srinuan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; broadband Internet; switching costs; tariff-mediated network effects; local network effects; calling clubs; Sweden; multiple-service; termination-based price discrimination;

    Abstract : The Swedish telecommunications market has been liberalised since 1990s. Liberalisation gave an opportunity to several new entrants to enter to the market. Consumers also gained benefits from more telecom providers and services to choose from, and lower telecom prices. READ MORE

  6. 4. Price responses to changes in costs and demand

    Author : Rickard Eriksson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : A large theoretical and empirical literature has studied the response in prices to changes in demands and costs. Three of the essays in this thesis are empirical studies of price-setting. The most important reason for studying the properties of price adjustments is the possible link between pricing and the business cycle. READ MORE

  7. 5. Effectiveness and costs of new medical technologies : register-based research in psoriasis

    Author : Jenny Norlin; Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf; Ulf Persson; Katarina Steen Carlsson; Lars-Åke Levin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psoriasis; registers; EQ-5D; DLQI; PASI; biologics;

    Abstract : Psoriasis is a chronic, immunological and systemic disease with an estimated prevalence of about 2-3 percent. Psoriasis is associated with the joint disease psoriasis arthropathy. There are several treatments options available for psoriasis and patients with moderate to severe psoriasis generally need systemic agents. READ MORE