The key objective of this multi-method, exploratory study was to investigate advertising and marketing practices in online social media (OSM) from the perspective of consumer behaviour and consumer protection. It aimed to identify and assess commercial practices in the context of OSM that could...

Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalization are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...

We analyze the strategic behavior of firms when demand is determined by a rule of thumb behavior of consumers. We assume consumer dynamics where individual consumers follow simple behavioral decision rules governed by imitation and habit as suggested in consumer research. On this basis, we...

The purpose of this article is to analyze how competitive forces may influence the way media firms like TV channels raise revenue. A media firm can either be financed by advertising revenue, by direct payment from the viewers (or the readers, if we consider newspapers), or by both. We show that...

Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalisation are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...

Die Wirkung des Wettbewerbs von Medienunternehmen auf das Marktergebnis ist in einigen einschlägigen Modellen durchaus ambivalent. So haben - erstens - monopolistische Anbieter unter Umständen höhere Anreize, ein breitgefächertes Angebot zu erstellen. Zweitens ist das typische Kalkül der...

Eine Umfrage, die das ifo Institut 1995 bei bayerischen Unternehmen und Designern durchgeführt hat, bestätigte die wichtige Rolle, die Design als Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfaktor spielt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen allerdings auch, daß sich nicht alle Unternehmen dieser Bedeutung bewußt sind....