unobservable, and if they face competition by discounters who are not able to perform a diagnosis. The unobservability of diagnosis … makes them vulnerable to competition by discounters. We explore the conditions under which honestly diagnosing experts … survive competition by discounters; we identify situations in which experts misdiagnose consumers in order to prevent them …

This paper studies price competition between experts and discounters in a market for credence goods. While experts can … identify a consumer’s problem by exerting costly but unobservable diagnosis effort, discounters just sell treatments without … makes them vulnerable to competition by discounters. We explore the conditions under which experts survive competition by …

Discounter und der Vollsortimenter deutliche preisliche und zum Teil auch qualitative Vorteile der Discounter ausgemacht werden …. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that private labels in general - and the private labels of the discounter in particular …

are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ between regions, and that the propensity to …

-markets and discounters in rural areas. The analysed data allows to reason a supermarket or discounter can still be accessed …-Erreichbarkeitsmodells ein einfacher generischer Erreichbarkeitsindikator ermittelt. Als Ergebnis lässt sich festhalten, dass in Deutschland ein … Supermarkt oder Discounter im Durchschnitt bei 60 km/h innerhalb von 3,4 Minuten Fahrzeit erreicht wird. Allerdings zeigt eine …

Die Ausarbeitung unter oben stehendem Titel betrachtet die Bedeutung einer Werteorientierung als Erfolgsfaktor für …

-commerce bubble burst, online food retailing was almost forgotten in many European countries, inter alia, in Germany. However in some … sales per capita in the UK, Switzerland and Belgium are €82, €23 and €18 respectively, while they reach only €2 in Germany … Germany compared, say, to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom can be clearly considered as the most developed online food …