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switching cost [4 records]

Record 1 2017-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • switching costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Corporate Management (General)
CONT

Any department that is thinking of changing its source of supply for a service faces significant switching costs. In the case of contracting out, these include the time required for obtaining information about private sector offerings, specifying requirements, soliciting and evaluating proposals, and structuring both the relationship with the new private sector supplier and the residual organization that the department needs in order to be an intelligent customer. Senior administrators are more receptive to sharing these switching costs among departments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
CONT

Tout ministère qui songe à changer la source d'acquisition des services doit s'attendre à d'importants coûts de transition. Pour l'impartition, il y a par exemple le temps requis pour obtenir de l'information sur ce qu'a à offrir le secteur privé, préciser les besoins, demander et évaluer les offres et structurer les relations avec le nouveau fournisseur du secteur privé, ainsi qu'avec l'organisation résiduelle dont a besoin le Ministère pour être un client intelligent. Les cadres sont plus enclins à partager les coûts de ces changements avec d'autres ministères.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
CONT

Switching costs. New entrants [to a market] are blocked if consumers face hefty one-time costs when changing products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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