Zusammenfassung Mit der Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt wird die Frage nach einer humanen Gestaltung von Arbeit neu diskutiert. Der Beitrag zeigt anhand einer empirischen Fallstudie zur Implementierung eines digitalen Warenwirtschaftssystems („Shelvesfit“) in einem Handelskonzern, wie sich...

This manuscript presents the results of an inductive analysis of the types of locations chosen by US retailers. Using a large cross-sectional database, including fifty US retail chains and over 70,000 store locations, a classification of retail location types is presented using cluster analysis...

The results of a first attempt in Hong Kong to set up a systematic procedure to search for profitable retail locations for setting up branches of commercial banks are reported, using a local Chinese bank as an example. It is possible to identify customer profiles, chart trading area patterns,...

Purpose – This paper is a case study of a cooperative whose involvement in the retail business was exemplary of a successful cooperative, bold enough to venture into the retail business. Known as the Johor Cooperative Supermarket (JCS), it was established in 1976 with the support of a firm...

Purpose – Which retail services are co-located in space? Is it possible to categorize retail stores of different kinds with respect to their location pattern? Acknowledging the spatial dependency between different and similar kinds of retailing activities, the aim of this paper is to find if...

Abstract This paper investigates the trade-off between economics and ethics applying them to “lockdowns” as a policy measure to counter the Covid-19-pandemic. This is an academic research on the nature and mechanism of trade-offs in so far as they apply to decision making. In the course of...

Seeks to define the scope of marketing asset accounting comparing this with current marketing/accountant structures and rationales. States that the bulk of the literature is concerned primarily with measuring and controlling market costs. Lists, itemizes and discusses costs within marketing,...