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FRAGMENTED MARKET [3 records]

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Record 1 2005-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
CONT

There are three new business-to-business market models : the aggregators, such as Chemdex, help buyers in fragmented markets select products by providing up-to-minute price and product information in a single contact point of service. Online auctioneers, such as Adauction, offer a reliable channel for sellers to dispose of perishable or surplus goods or services at the best possible prices. As lastly, there are exchangers, such as NTE, that create liquidity matching bid/ask offers and act as neutral third parties, enforcing market rules and settlements terms. Over time, these distinct models will tend to merge.

Key term(s)
  • business-to-business marketing model

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
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Record 2 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Not readily convertible into cash.

CONT

There are a large number of different securities that vary widely in both type of paper and tax treatment, which makes the market fragmented and rather illiquid compared with European government bond markets.

OBS

illiquid: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

Difficile à vendre rapidement à un prix de marché.

CONT

Il existe un grand nombre de titres très divers, tant par leurs caractéristiques que par leur régime fiscal, ce qui contribue à cloisonner le marché américain et à le rendre assez illiquide comparé aux marchés européens des obligations d'État.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Difícil de ser vendido rápidamente a un precio de mercado.

OBS

ilíquido: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1993-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

The Export Ratio, which [economist Nuala Beck] often calls the National Trade Bloc Export Ratio, measures the percentage of a company's sales outside of its usual trading bloc. In a world that has so visibly fragmented into different blocs--the North American Free Trade Area, the European Economic Community, Asia-Pacific--it's more important than ever to get a fix on how well a company is doing outside of its traditional market.

Key term(s)
  • national trade block export ratio
  • national trading bloc export ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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