Facebook Platform is a prominent example of an internet-based service for which third-party developers can offer small add-on programs, which are often referred to as applications. The distribution of success of applications is highly skewed. This market structure with few blockbuster...

Nichtlineare Preissetzung -- Preissetzung auf zweiseitigen Märkten -- Untersuchungsansatz für ein Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem zur Preisoptimierung auf zweiseitigen Messe-Märkten -- Modelle zur Preisoptimierung für eine Messeveranstaltung -- Messung der Zahlungsbereitschaften von...

'Lee takes the oft cited belief that entrepreneurial endeavour lives and dies by the quality of the networks set in play, and subjects it to a rigorous and sustained analysis. In this he not only provides the reader with an authoritative theoretical and empirical foray into how entrepreneurs can...

This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural preferences and constraints (just as rural...

Die Autorin zeigt in dieser Längsschnittanalyse auf, dass der Übergang in die Rente generell mit einer positiven Chance, sportlich aktiv zu sein, einhergeht. Dieser positive Effekt kann sowohl für Frauen und Männer, als auch stratifiziert nach den sozioökonomischen Schichten (SES)...

Der familiengeführte Handwerksbetrieb -- Stand der Forschung -- Theoretischer Bezugsrahmen -- Empirische Untersuchung – Methodisches Vorgehen -- Präsentation der Fallgeschichten -- Fallübergreifende Analyse und Interpretation der Ergebnisse -- Schlussbetrachtung.

This book covers relevant topics of social media in the area of research institutes. Daniel Hurrle and Julia Postatny follow the research question of how social media can empower the communication of such institutes by using the example of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and...

Social media and ecommerce has an enormous impact in today's wine industry, particularly among the Internet-savvy millennial generation. This book analyzes new communication platforms used in digital wine marketing, allowing students and researchers to understand how both producers and consumers...

1. Global Value Chains and International Business Research: Perspectives from Switzerland; Sarbani Bublu Thakur-Weigold -- 2. Social Commerce Optimization: An Integrated Framework for Consumer Behavior in Social Media; Saidat A. Sanni, Brian Leemoon, Anshu Saxena Arora, and Jennifer J. Edmonds --...

Exploring the new era of political advertising beyond television and print, this book focuses on the mediums of the new millennia that are transforming campaigning and communications in political systems around the world. The author illustrates how the use of social, digital and mobile...