Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, wie die Anzahl anderer, fremder Kunden in einem Handelsgeschäft das Kundenverhalten beeinflusst. Speziell geht es um die Frage, wie negative Effekte durch die Anwesenheit zu weniger anderer Kunden auf die Emotionen und das Verhalten eines Handelskunden...

Im Handel gewinnt die langfristige, strategisch fundierte Profilierung im Wettbewerbsumfeld zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dies gilt in besonderem Maße für Handelsunternehmen in vertraglichen Vertriebssystemen, die sowohl mit systemfremden wie auch systeminternen Betrieben konkurrieren. Hohe...

This Working Paper gives insights into the concepts of productivity and efficiency. Both concepts are popular measures for evaluating productive units, either on macro or micro level. This paper provides clear definitions for both concepts and outlines key areas of interest in this context, such...

Effizienzunterschiede zwischen privaten und öffentlichen Bildungseinrichtungen sind in der empirischen Literatur höchst umstritten. Die Mehrheit der bisherigen Studien versuchte erfolglos mit Hilfe von Regressionsanalysen, meist nur auf nationaler Ebene, eine eindeutige Effizienzüberlegenheit...

In India, the term ‘sick units’ refers to economically unviable firms which are kept alive ‘in the public interest’ by means of subsidies of various kinds. Since this practice is common, and large parts of the industrial sector are affected, this phenomenon is referred to as industrial...

In India, the term ‘sick units’ refers to economically unviable firms which are kept alive ‘in the public interest’ by means of subsidies of various kinds. Since this practice is common, and large parts of the industrial sector are affected, this phenomenon is referred to as industrial...

In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production process. The present thesis presents both a theoretical...

The first chapter investigates the factors that explain the level of technical efficiency of a firm. In an empirical analysis, a unique sample of about 35,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2004 is used. The technical efficiency of the firms is...

The paper analyses the use of absorbed organizational slack in the context ofits structure of value. The advantages of medium term use are being opposedto the short term reduction of slack. On the basis of the cost function elementsit will be shown that instead of an optimal slack amount a...