Modeling Distribution Channel Dynamics of North American Cars in the Spanish Automobile Industry

Jean-Pierre Lévy Mangin (), Jaime de Pablo Valenciano and Tamás Koplyay

International Advances in Economic Research, 2009, vol. 15, issue 2, 186-206

Abstract: Relations between manufacturers and distributors have been the center point of the distribution channel’s management. This study covers the effects of coercive, as well as non-coercive power on intermediary variables such as cooperation and conflict. It will also analyze the effects of cooperation and conflict on American car dealers’ satisfaction and performance in Spain. Due to the small sample size (46 dealers), the model based on causal modeling compelled us to use the optimization method based on the partial least squares (PLS) regression techniques coupled with a bootstrapping to enable some generalization of the results. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2009

Keywords: Channels of distribution; Satisfaction; Performance; Partial Least Squares (PLS). (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s11294-009-9203-1

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