We study and contrast pricing and price evolution of online only (Dotcom) and online branch of multi-channel retailers (OBMCRs) based on two panel data sets collected from online toy markets. Panel data regression analyses reveal several interesting empirical results: over time, OBMCRs and...

This study spotlighted on the financial services industry specifically in the creation of brand trust across online channel, which constructs a significant contribution to the under-researched area of online branding. Content analysis was performed on the web sites of top ten bank retailers in...

This paper explored the empirical research investigating the relationship between Accounting Information Systems (AIS) alignment and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) performance. Literature shows that AIS alignment is influenced by organizational characteristics, individual characteristics...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Rolle die Innovations- und Technologiepolitik im Rahmen einer modernen Industriepolitik spielen kann und welche Erkenntnisse über eine erfolgreiche Integration vorliegen. Die systemische Innovationspolitik ist wesentlicher Bestandteil einer...

The varieties of capitalism approach (VoC) and the related research assume that German firms adopt an internal flexibility profile that corresponds with the national institutional framework. Recent empirical studies, however, have found substantial diversity in realized firm-level strategies....

We present an investigation into two parts to assess the quality of the competitive internet websites of selected industries in the Basque Country. The ad hoc methodology developed for this research can be applied to other regional areas. Competitiveness is defined according to two measurable...

Die Politikberatungstätigkeit von Ökonomen wurde bisher kaum systematisch untersucht, obgleich es zum Selbstverständnis vieler Ökonomen gehört, wirtschaftspolitisch relevante Erkenntnisse anbieten zu können. Die Autoren stellen hier zum einen Methode und Ergebnisse des FAZRankings dar, das...

Craigslist, a website that hosts job- and help-wanted ads, expanded rapidly across the states in the USA over a very short period of time, thereby changing abruptly the market structure faced by competing employment websites. We exploit this abrupt change to evaluate its impact on competing...