In Chapter II we investigate consumer behavior when facing target rebates, a rebate practice challenged by antitrust law. In three experiments, we confirm the hypothesis derived from Cumulative Prospect Theory (CPT), that target rebates are likely to create psychological switching costs that can...

Pro-social and ethical behavior primarily understood as the ability to sacrifice ones own interest to the benefit of others leads to welfare improvements and social progress, whereas anti-social and unethical actions result in irrevocable welfare losses and destruction. This dissertation...

Diese Dissertation setzt sich mit dem Verhalten während und nach der Ausführung routinemäßiger und kreativer Aufgaben in unterschiedlichen Kontexten auseinander. Während die Forschung zu Routineaufgaben in der experimentellen Wirtschaftsforschung sehr weit fortgeschritten ist, gibt es kaum...

Some recommender systems (RS) utilize Linked Open Data (LOD) to enhance the item descriptions in the local database. However, these systems do not yet take full advantage of the potential of RDF data for personalized retrieval. The work describes the strengths of LOD repositories as well as the...

The current doctoral thesis is comprised of three distinct papers with a unifying theme of studying human behavior in strategic environments of incomplete information. Each paper considers a particular manifestation of information guiding, shaping or in some other way, affecting human behavior...

While firms increasingly adopt open innovation, little is known about whether firms gain or lose from this innovation approach. Motivated by this research gap in the literature, the thesis explores the antecedents and performance implications of open innovation strategies, particularly...

The present thesis contributes to the user acceptance literature by improving understanding about the role of pre-implementation acceptance in the adoption of enterprise systems. This phenomenon was addressed from three different perspectives in the three core papers: Chapter 2 focused on...

Gemeinnützige Stiftungen sind im sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Leben in Deutschland fest etabliert. Sie tragen dazu bei, dass in vielen Gesellschaftsbereichen dem Gemeinwohl fördernde Leistungen im angemessenen Maße oder überhaupt erbracht werden. Mit Zunahme ihrer gesellschaftlichen...