The present article tries to explain how firms appropriate their investments in innovation activities. Thereby, not only intellectual property rights, but also different informal appropriation mechanisms are analysed. The special attention is paid to interactions among various appropriation...

Purpose: This study investigates the relationships among innovation by logistics services provider (LSP), user's supply chain (SC) adaptability, and the level of the user-provider relationship integration. Using low integrated, standard contractual relationships as a reference group, this study...

Purpose: The digitization of the car is advancing in the four prominent areas called CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services, Electric). The respective changes to the product structure will further increase the complexity of automotive logistics. This paper has methodologically clustered...

Purpose: For a long time, online food retail, especially in Germany, lagged strongly behind other e-commerce industries. The COVID-19 pandemic gave this market an unforeseen boost in demand. Nevertheless, numerous problems still exist in the industry, such as lack of profitability, staff...

Diversity is increasingly being addressed as an innovation-promoting factor. For this reason, companies and institutions tackle the integration of a diversity management approach that enables a heterogenic perspective on innovation development. However, system-theoretical frameworks state that...