By Unknown Rabu, 28 Oktober 2015 Aeon Carrefour Carroll and Hannan hypermarkets Ito-Yokado Japan population ecology retail Tesco Walmart Walmart overseas: why so poor a performance? Mike Smitka Let me follow up on my previous post on Walmart's strategic challenges. There I noted that Walmart has been singularly unsuc...
By Unknown Kamis, 22 Oktober 2015 economies of scale economies of scope Seiyu strategy United Way of Rockbridge Walmart WREL The Economics of Strategy: Walmart's Senescense Michael Smitka Washington and Lee University October 22, 2015 WREL Update Today there's no "news" – nothing in the latest econ...
By Unknown Kamis, 15 Oktober 2015 consumer price index CPI PPI producer price index TPP Trans Pacific Partnership United Way of Rockbridge TPP and Inflation: Weekly News Mike Smitka, Washington and Lee University First, Wednesday Oct 14 and Thursday Oct 15 (today, but after taping my radio segment) saw the re...
By Unknown Kamis, 08 Oktober 2015 bernanke dynamic scoring employment employment-population ratios tax cuts United Way of Rockbridge Employment and Dynamic Scoring Mike Smitka Economics, Washington and Lee University Here are quick notes on my WREL Lexington AM 1450 radio show of October 8, 2015. There...
By Unknown Kamis, 01 Oktober 2015 donald trump jeb bush presidential candidates RAOC Rockbridge Area Occupation Center Ronald Reagan supply side policies tax cuts United Way of Rockbridge Can tax cuts pay for themselves? The assorted Republican hopefuls are now trotting out pieces of policy platforms. Most of them aren't very good working with media. Then...
By Unknown Kamis, 24 September 2015 China CPI debt ceiling Fed FOMC inflation interest rates median CPI sticky price CPI trimmed mean CPI Econ Update: WREL Lexington VA by Mike Smitka, Economics Dept, Washington and Lee University Sept 17 (here) and Sept 24 (below) The Fed – specifically the Federal Open Ma...
By Unknown Minggu, 20 September 2015 Autolib' battery electric vehicles electric cars GERPISA Kangoo Nissan Renault tesla ZOE Electric Cars: Renault's the Leader, not Tesla! by Mike Smitka During the GERPISA auto conference in Paris in June I stayed in a hotel with a row of electric vehicles parked out front. T...