Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 3,648
Cover Image
Leading Edge Users and Latent Consumer Needs in Electromobility : Findings from a Nethnographic Study of User Innovation in High-Tech Online Communities
Pollok, Patrick; Lüttgens, Dirk; Piller, Frank T. - 2014
Netnography i.e. the systematic observation and analysis of online communities to generate insights for an innovation process, has been established as a method of user innovation in consumer goods industries. In this study we apply this technique for the first time in the context of a complex,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147405
Cover Image
Uniqueness seeking and demand estimation in the German automobile industry
Guerzoni, Marco; Soellner, René - 2009
This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857726
Cover Image
The Incidence of Cash for Clunkers : An Analysis of the 2009 Car Scrappage Scheme in Germany
Kaul, Ashok - 2012
Governments all over the world have invested tens of billions of dollars in car scrappage programs to fuel the economy in 2009. We investigate the German case using a unique micro transaction dataset covering the years 2007 to 2010. Our focus is on the incidence of the subsidy, i.e., we ask how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108075
Cover Image
Uniqueness Seeking and Demand Estimation in the German Automobile Industry
Soellner, Rene - 2009
This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156916
Cover Image
An Econometric Analysis of the Determinants of Passenger Vehicle Sales in Germany
Zeng, Yu - 2018
number of employees. This paper focuses on the determinants of automobile demand in Germany from 2008 to 2016. We apply …-sized vehicles pay less attention to fuel consumption. Most of the consumers in Germany are not considering vehicle emissions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912152
Cover Image
Does Online Search Predict Sales? Evidence from Big Data for Car Markets in Germany and the UK
von Graevenitz, Georg - 2016
We use online search data to predict car sales in the German and UK automobile industries. Search data subsume several distinct search motives, which are not separately observable. We develop a model linking search motives to observable search data and sales. The model shows that predictions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984205
Cover Image
Impact of Service Station Networks on Purchase Decisions of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles
Hermeling, Claudia - 2015
conducted as a CAPI survey with about 600 interviews of potential car buyers in Germany and estimate the coefficients of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707457
Cover Image
The incidence of cash for clunkers : an analysis of the 2009 car scrappage scheme in Germany
Kaul, Ashok; Pfeifer, Gregor; Witte, Stefan - 2012
Governments all over the world have invested tens of billions of dollars in car scrappage programs to fuel the economy in 2009. We investigate the German case using a unique micro transaction dataset covering the years 2007 to 2010. Our focus is on the incidence of the subsidy, i.e., we ask how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740927
Cover Image
The Pulse of Liability of Foreignness : Dynamic Legitimacy and Experience Effects in the German Car Market
Kaiser, Ulrich; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2008
Globalization has provided many companies with new opportunities for growth and efficiency. This requires them to operate successfully across cultural and social borders. These can be stumbling blocks to internationalization and have been found to cause frequent errors and delays for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054947
Cover Image
There's No Place Like Home : A Strategic Framework to Overcome Liability of Foreignness in the German Car Market
Sofka, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Jörg - 2008
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/10014060556