A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as those run by Amazon, which employ similar auction rules, but use an ending rule that...

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as those run by Amazon, which employ similar auction rules, but use an ending rule that...

In second price internet auctions with a fixed end time, such as those on eBay, many bidders 'snipe', i.e., they submit their bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction. Late bids of this sort are much less frequent in auctions that are automatically extended if a bid is submitted very...

In diesem Arbeitspapier wird das Konzept des Social Media Marketing theoretisch dargestellt und seine Möglichkeiten und Grenzen analysiert. Dabei werden die einzelnen Instrumente des Social Media Marketings sowie die verschiedenen Nutzertypen erläutert und auf die Erfolgsmessung von Methoden...