Generally and especially in EC, customers are confronted with a greatvariety and quantity of products and / or services. However, the time and effort acustomer can spend on searching for his preferred products and deciding aboutthe most preferred one based on his needs and preferences is the...

Generally, a firm can provide itscustomers with a great variety and quantity of selfproducedand externally bought products.However, the time and effort a customer can spenddeciding which product to choose according to herneeds and preferences is the limiting factor. Withthe advent of the...

Die nationalen und internationalen Bildungsmärkte befinden sich seit einigen Jahrenin einem tiefgreifenden Umbruch. Als Folge der verfehlten Bildungspolitik der 70erJahre haben deutsche staatliche Universitäten an Attraktivität und internationalerWettbewerbsfähigkeit stark eingebüßt. Unter...

Die zunehmende weltweite Vernetzung von (potentiellen) Marktpartnern, angeführt durch dieAusbreitung und kommerzielle Nutzung des Internet, eröffnet ein beträchtliches Potential fürden globalen elektronischen Handel von Produkten und Dienstleistungen. Bis zum Jahre 2002wird mit einem...

In this paper we report on the results of two projectsour research group is presently conducting. We start outwith sketching preliminary results of a long-term governmentproject geared to reveal efficiency conditions forsuccessful electronic commerce particularly in thefinancial services field....

The rapid development of information and communication technology should increase thepotential of manufacturers/vendors to do business abroad employing electronic commerceconcepts. Currently, international transactions are often times linked to permanentestablishments or subsidiaries of...

Markets are undergoing a fundamental shift towards the end of the second millenium: inmany business branches the traditional market forms are supplemented - and in some of thembeing replaced in the long run - by new information age forms of business. Firms wanting tomeet this challenge are...

Information technology (IT) is enabling financial services companies and particularly banking firmsto create new forms of organizations. Both globalization of markets and more rigorous regulationthroughout the European Union such as recently the implementation of the European CapitalAdequacy...