In diesem Beitrag werden Entwicklungen des digitalen Zeitalters wie Musik-Streaming, Betriebssysteme und Apps sowie soziale Netzwerke mit ökonomischen Modellen erklärt. Die teilweise sehr mathematischen Modelle aus der Industrie- und der Netzwerkökonomik werden aber nicht formal dargestellt....

Studies have consistently found that social structure influences who transacts with whom, and that actors appear to benefit when exchange occurs embedded within these relations rather than in an unstructured market. This paper argues that the apparent benefits of embedded exchange can arise from...

"Guanxi and Business Strategy" elaborates upon a topic of paramount importance to both academic scholars and managers doing business with China: the impact of personal relationships (guanxi) on business affairs. In the Chinese cultural and socio-economic environment, how are the ubiquitous...