Various psychographic traits that most directly influence consumers’ private label attitudes are the focal point of Stefanie Weiss’ investigation. The author develops a comprehensive profile of psychographic predictors of attitude and identifies ways of translating these insights into...

This book presents a rich compilation of real-world cases on digitalization, the goal being to share first-hand insights from respected organizations and to make digitalization more tangible. As virtually every economic and societal sector is now being challenged by emerging technologies, the...

As ‘disruption’ is currently becoming the new buzzword in boardrooms, this book advocates that the most striking opportunity for business today is making itself relevant to its stakeholders. By presenting a new route via innovative business models, a transformational corporate approach to...

‘Robert Crane's authors provide us with the kind of information we need. They do not limit themselves to present affairs, but also give us insight into the historical developments that helped to shape the present.’ -Geert Hofstede This book explores the way that culture and societal values...

This book presents contributions by leading academics and practitioners from central banks to shed light on the function and impact of cash in Asian countries. It explores the impact of cash on society, the role of cash in monetary policy, and the future of cash in various monetary systems,...

This paper provides a guideline for how the entire process chain of automotive after-sales services could be researched in China. In addition, Schwartz's individual level value theory is introduced as a beneficial operationalisation approach to cultural marketing. So, values are modelled as...

Dieses Buch zeigt Wege auf, wie jedes Krankenhaus die vermeintliche Quadratur des Kreises lösen kann: zum einen noch bessere medizinische und pflegerische Leistungen zu erbringen, zum andern nachhaltig die Gewinnschwelle zu erreichen. Auch wenn deutsche Krankenhäuser im internationalen...

Julian Gulden untersucht Determinanten und Kontextfaktoren der Akzeptanz und Nutzung von Investment Management FinTechs. Auf Basis eines Modells mit theoretisch und praktisch hergeleiteten Einflussfaktoren werden Konsumentenbedürfnisse und Konsumentenverhalten analysiert. Es lässt sich...

Die Sharing Economy boomt. Die Beitragsautoren des vorliegenden Sammelbandes untersuchen Motive, Einstellungen und Effekte dieser neuartigen digitalen Kultur des Teilens und zeigen ihre Potentiale für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften auf. Sie beleuchten innovative Onlineplattformen des Peer-to-Peer...