Letter from Manufacturers Record to T. B. Larrimore [sic]

Letter from Manufacturers Record to T. B. Larrimore [sic] dated 8 November 1912. There is also a survey requesting building information

Simulator manufacturers' requirements

Simulator manufacturers must continue to provide the customers the latest wind shear models available for pilot training. The release of the JAWS data package enabled the provision of a much more realistic wind shear package to the customer rather than just the standard six SRI wind shear profiles currently in use. In this brief presentation, the steps taken in implementing the JAWS data into the FAA 727 simulator are highlighted

Merchants, Master-Manufacturers and Greedy People

A discussion of McCloskey's argument for a bourgeois virtue ethics. I criticize his opposition of Adam Smith's and Kant's ethics, arguing that they share much more than the author believes. I criticize the idea that what is most respectable in modern liberal-democratic societies is a gift of Capitalism

Exclusive contracts in bilaterally duopolistic industries

The purpose of this article is to analyze the incentives of manufacturers to deal exclusively with retailers in bilaterally duopolistic industries with brand differentiation by manufacturers. With highly differentiated products exclusive contracts are shown to generate higher profits for manufacturers and retailers, who thus have an incentive to insist on exclusive contracting. However, if the products are close substitutes no exclusivity will emerge in equilibrium

Exclusive contracts with vertically differentiated products

In this paper we develop a simple model to analyze the effects of exclusive contracts in vertically integrated markets where both the upstream and the downstream market are characterized as oligopolies and manufacturers produce vertically differentiated products. We find that firms prefer to deal exclusively with retailers. If the extent of consumers' heterogeneity is small, manufacturers offer exclusive contracts unilaterally. On the other hand, if consumers' valuations differ significantly both manufacturers engage in exclusive contracting