The check-out process is one of the biggest pain points in shopping. While Apple is the pioneer in cashierless shopping, several other corporations have initiated first concepts during the last months. Innovative, IoT-driven businesses like Amazon Go or Avec Box are trying to improve the...

Various drivers are currently encouraging established consumer goods manufacturers to start exploiting the D2C growth opportunity. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the different facets and angles of D2C drivers and prerequisites. The results show that for traditionally...

Using firm-level survey data from Barcelona, Stockholm, Vienna in Europe and Singapore, Penang (Malaysia) and Bangkok in South-East Asia the paper enquires into the different R&D and innovation behaviour of multinational and local companies in these Metropolitan Regions. Scrutinizing a set of...

The paper complements entry mode research by dealing with the choice of alternative modes of governance in the specific case of foreign R&D and its impact on a parent firm's performance. Firstly, we identify the factors that determine whether a firm locates abroad any R&D activities, and, if it...