Es ist ein wesentliches Charakteristikum einer kunden- und marktorientiertenUnternehmensführung, dass nicht das jeweilige Leistungsangebot, sondern der Kunde mitseinen Wünschen und Bedürfnissen die Grundlage für unternehmerische Entscheidungenbildet. Je kundenorientierter ein Anbieter...

Comparative advertising has been permitted in Germany in 2000. So far, advertisingpractitioners and researchers have neither reached a consensus on its effectiveness noron its usefulness for corporate communication. The authors conducted two studies: Oneto capture the opinions of advertisers on...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks comprise structures of autonomous, egalitarian nodes which collaboratively share resources without relying on central coordination mecha-nisms. Traditional networks store data and information on centralized servers, whereas computers in P2P networks act simultaneously...

In the model world with overlapping generations and uncertain life expectancy indi-viduals can live for a maximum of two periods. Only one part of each generation sur-vives the working phase and lives to enjoy retirement. The other part dies after the first half of life. Within this framework it...

Lifecycles have been accepted widely as a matter of fact in business. Existing literature focuses on their theoretical implications for product managers and corporate strategists. There are major shortcomings of the research in that field concerning the populations covered (if at all, mostly...

Marketing and sales departments carry out two separate functions (Kotler et al. 2007, 1144); nevertheless, they must interact closely with each other, as both are essential parts for the marketing activities in each company. Each company has the goal to fulfill customer needs and also to match...

Sports marketing has established itself over the last three decades not only as a very special form of marketing but also as an own subject of research. However, it is quite surprising that the nature of sports marketing is relatively unknown as different definitions of sports market-ing...

In order to forecast major paradigm shifts in any industry, one needs to understand the driving forces of change. This paper focuses on the retail industry and tries to identify decisive factors which shape this industry's future. Based on the findings of Numberger/Rennhak (2005) a set of...