The challenge of highly fluctuating economic and sales activities

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Sourced from the inline gaps and future work and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1982 and 1985, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 73 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• The Price‐Quality Relationship—Revisited (1982) · Journal of Consumer Affairs · cited 51× · doi

  Further research efforts in this area should focus on two factors which will minimize the effects of the limitations of this study. First, more products and markets should be studied. , store type) have on the price-quality relationship should be studied. Given the limitations of the data and the analysis noted above, these conclusions must be ac- cepted with caution, but the findings do suggest that further research on this topic may be warranted.

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  Keywords: further limitations studied efforts area focus factors minimize effects first products markets store type price
• Price‐Quality Correlations in the Japanese Market (1984) · Journal of Consumer Affairs · cited 20× · doi

  A “super chaos of competition” appears to exist in the portion of the Japanese market which was studied here. This might be because Japanese consumers are not well-informed about the market and therefore tend to use rules of thumb which affect the functioning of the market. One rule of thumb was tested here and found to be un- reliable. Another rule of thumb which Japanese consumers are said to use often is to buy the products of large well-known manufac- turers. (Loyalty to such manufacturers is partially attributed to their high quality of post-purchase warranty service.) Therefore, future researchers might attempt to determine if the products of large well- known companies are higher in quality than those of other Japanese companies. Another avenue for future research might be the segmentation of the Japanese market into large, high-volume stores (i.e., department stores and self-service stores) and small local stores. Using quality scores from Monthly Consumers and prices collected in the stores, the efficiency of the two types of stores in the Japanese market could be compared. WINTER 1984 VOLUME 18 NO. 2 263 APPENDIX Price-Quality Correlations o f Product Categories and Individual Product Sets, 1972-1981

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  Keywords: japanese stores market quality consumers well thumb large here rule products known high service future
• Some Thoughts on Japanese Management Centering on Personnel and Labor Management: The Reality and the Future (1985) · International Studies of Management and Organization · cited 2× · doi

  The paper identifies the challenge of highly fluctuating economic and sales activities. It highlights the need for Japanese businesses to develop effective management systems and practices to remain competitive. The paper suggests that Japanese businesses need to soften political and business frictions with other countries.

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  Keywords: paper identifies challenge highly fluctuating economic sales activities

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