The planning size of the drugstore chain as per transaction costs

The optimum size of pharmacies network is the basic factor of effective activities. The quantity index of sales units was taken as a measure of its size. The optimum size of drugstore chain was estimated on the basis of the neoinstitutional approach according to which external and internal transacti...

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Main Authors: M Yu Stepanova, I V Kosova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2008-09-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Medicine
Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/3651
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spelling doaj-99b0b96257304b8a8447aab2710b25a52020-11-24T22:07:15ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Medicine2313-02452313-02612008-09-010331343651The planning size of the drugstore chain as per transaction costsM Yu Stepanova0I V Kosova1Российский университет дружбы народовРоссийский университет дружбы народовThe optimum size of pharmacies network is the basic factor of effective activities. The quantity index of sales units was taken as a measure of its size. The optimum size of drugstore chain was estimated on the basis of the neoinstitutional approach according to which external and internal transaction costs affect the size of pharmacies network. The proposed method makes it possible to correct the structure of the pharmacies network taking into consideration economies scale, advantages and disadvantages of each unique pharmacies network in a particular period of time regarding its strategic targets.http://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/3651
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title The planning size of the drugstore chain as per transaction costs
title_short The planning size of the drugstore chain as per transaction costs
title_full The planning size of the drugstore chain as per transaction costs
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publisher Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
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publishDate 2008-09-01
description The optimum size of pharmacies network is the basic factor of effective activities. The quantity index of sales units was taken as a measure of its size. The optimum size of drugstore chain was estimated on the basis of the neoinstitutional approach according to which external and internal transaction costs affect the size of pharmacies network. The proposed method makes it possible to correct the structure of the pharmacies network taking into consideration economies scale, advantages and disadvantages of each unique pharmacies network in a particular period of time regarding its strategic targets.
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