und Problemstellung -- Bedeutung von Wechselkosten -- Zielsetzung und Gang der Untersuchung -- Begriffliche Grundlagen -- Beziehungsmarketing -- Kundenbindung als Zielgröße des Beziehungsmarketings -- Theoretische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Verhaltens Wissenschaftliche Fundierung der...

Bedeutung und Charakteristika von Geschäftsbeziehungen -- Theoretische Erklärungsansätze für Bindungen in Geschäftsbeziehungen -- Spezifitätsbedingte Bindungen in Geschäftsbeziehungen -- Wechselkosten-Modell zur Erklärung von Bindungen in Geschäftsbeziehungen -- Vertrauens- und...

Einführung -- Breitband als Untersuchungsobjekt -- Der Pfadabhängigkeitsansatz als übergeordnetes Erklärungsmodell historischer Prozessverläufe -- Der Kaufentscheidungsprozess des Nachfragers bei der Beschaffung von Breitbandanschlüssen -- Empirisches Design zur Kaufverhaltensanalyse bei...

This volume of essays examines the ways in which magical practices are found in different aspects of contemporary capitalist societies. From contract law to science, by way of finance, business, marketing, advertising, cultural production, and the political economy in general, each chapter...

This book provides an introduction to the theory of support-bargaining and money-bargaining. Support-bargaining arises from the propensity of all individuals to seek the support of those around them and is the underlying mechanism of democratic societies. It is also the underlying mechanism of...

‘This is the second book of a two-volume set that continues Adam Smith's work, using the tools mathematical, experimental, and behavioural economists have developed since 1776. As in the first volume, markets are not the central organising principle. Instead, attention centres on social...

In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

The book illustrates how the treatment of complexity in analytical frameworks shapes economic studies. It explores the ways economists make sense of our economic environment and where their differences in interpretations of economic issues and policy proposals are rooted. Schwardt examines...

This Palgrave Pivot explores how communication technology such as the Internet has changed the nature of trade, focusing especially on economy-wide reductions in company size (granularity) and the role of retailers (disintermediation). By increasing access to comparative data, influencing...