Der Konzentrationsprozess im deutschen Sortimentsbuchhandel schreitet seit Jahren unaufhaltsam voran. Rahmenbedingungen wie die Digitalisierung, technische Innovationen und das Konsumentenverhalten beeinflussen dies zusätzlich. Kerstin Emrich untersucht die Ursachen und Auswirkungen dieses...

Theoretischer Hintergrund: Organisations- und Entscheidungstheorien als Grundlage zur Analyse von Wirtschaftsunternehmen -- Die Hypothekenbanken im Gefüge der deutschen Kreditwirtschaft: Terminologie, Funktionsweise und Institution -- Überblick zur Entwicklung des modernen Realkreditwesens --...

Markus P. Urban investigates the influence of large shareholders (the so-called blockholders) on agency costs and firm value, thereby accounting for blockholder characteristics and blockholder interrelationships. The work provides a profound theoretical and empirical analysis on the nature and...

The book analyzes the role of technology in the redefinition of the competitiveness of insurance markets. With a focus on the competitive challenges of InsurTech startup to the incumbent insurers, the book will discuss the strategic role of technology both in the development and in the...

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms. Examining a cross-section of US airline city pairs, Tabacco proposes for the first time that the industry can be...

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal...

"The Evolution of the US Airline Industry discusses the evolution of the hub-and-spoke network system and the associated price discrimination strategy, as the post-deregulation dominant business model of the major incumbent airlines and its breakdown in the early 2000s. It highlights the role...