Die Herausforderung -- Managementqualität und strategische Positionierung -- Managementqualität, Innovation und Dienstleistungen -- Rational: Innovation und revolutionäre Produkte -- Imaje: Durch Innovation von Produkten zu Dienstleistungen -- BuS: „Wir machen, was sonst niemand macht“ --...

This book showcases examples of excellent manufacturing companies who have succeeded in creating value and job growth in Western Europe. The examples show managers of industrial firms how a clearly articulated strategic position can be combined with excellent execution to achieve competitiveness...

Overview -- Retail Success and Key Drivers -- Retailing in the Global World: Case Study of Metro Cash #x0026; Carry -- Entrepreneurship in Retailing: Leopold Stiefel#x2019;s #x201C;Big Idea#x201D; and the Growth of Media Markt and Saturn -- GLOBAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MARKET TRENDS -- Retail Trends in Europe --...

Retailing stands as an exciting, complex and critical sector of business in most developed as well as emerging economies. The retailing industry is being buffeted by a number of forces simultaneously, like increasing competition within and across retailing formats, and others. This work offers...