Auf dem Finanzdienstleistungssektor ist eine Kostenführerschaftsstrategie nur schwer zumErfolg zu bringen. Erfolg versprechender ist es für Anbieter, sich durch schwer kopierbareBeratungsangebote am Markt zu differenzieren (BUHL ET AL, 2002). Ziel des vorliegendenBeitrags ist es daher, einen...

In a world of enormous technological developments and increasing competition between financial servicesproviders customer acquisition and customer retention becomes more and more important. In this paper the authorsuse a micro-economic model to analyze the circumstances when and why customers...

For several years, the financial services industry has discovered the opportunities of differentchannels like the Internet, call-centers, WAP etc. Many banks built up separate direct banksfocusing exclusively on the Internet and/or call-centers. Only recently, some banks started toreintegrate...