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We analyze firms' decisions to invest in customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives such as acquisition and retention in a competitive context, a topic largely ignored in past CRM research. We characterize each customer by her intrinsic preference towards each firm, the contribution...
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The new cars of today are used cars of tomorrow and some people assume a competition between new and used markets. There are numerous, preconceived ideas and academic theories regarding the interactions between primary and secondary markets. To investigate the relations, we provide a...
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market. The model is applied to four European countries (France, Germany, Spain and Great Britain), and distributions are …
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In this paper we develop optimized localization strategies for multinational firms to overcome their liability of foreignness by adding a regional dimension. We explore conceptually whether economic stress in a region has a mitigating or reinforcing effect. We test this analytical framework...
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Everybody knows that the new cars of today are used cars of tomorrow and some people assume a competition between new and used markets. There are numerous, preconceived ideas and academic theories regarding the interactions between primary and secondary markets. To investigate the relations, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548323
The article deals with one of the most important sectors in the European Union, the automotive sector seen from the economic as well as from the industrial perspective. As the economic efficiency is usually measured in competition parameters an important part is dedicated to the competition on...
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In this paper we develop the concept of distribution on automobile distribution. We consider the distribution as a neglected and fragmented sector of the automobile industries. We also analyzed the distribution from Great Britanie, SUA, Japan, France and West Europe.
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Germany through firm-specific advantages. Still, some face significant challenges. A submarket analysis shows that home market … advantages are more deeply rooted in the Western part of Germany and that foreign competitors find a more accessible competitive … environment in Eastern Germany. Therefore, East Germany is a superior platform for deploying effective and efficient …
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market. The model is applied to four European countries (France, Germany, Spain and Great Britain), and distributions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012994
Germany through firm-specific advantages. Still, some face significant challenges. A submarket analysis shows that home market … advantages are more deeply rooted in the Western part of Germany and that foreign competitors find a more accessible competitive … environment in Eastern Germany. Therefore, East Germany is a superior platform for deploying effective and efficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059054