Zwar nutzten Unternehmen in den letzten Jahren verstärkt Corporate-Venture-Capital-Programme, doch blieb die wissenschaftliche Diskussion zu Zielsetzungen und stategischen Wirkungen solcher Programme bisher begrenzt. Behrend Freese geht der Frage nach, welchen strategischen Mehrwert...

Introduction -- Supply chain coordination in case of asymmetric information -- On the impact of fixed cost reduction in the strategic lotsizing framework -- The impact of information sharing on the effectiveness of screening contracts: A first laboratory experiment -- The impact of contract...

This paper considers a model with two competing supply chains where production costs are private information within a supply chain, but manufacturers can decide to share this information with the rival manufacturer. In contrast to existing literature, we study bottom-up negotiations, where...

This paper studies an outsourcing problem where two service providers (suppliers) compete for the service contract from a client. The suppliers face uncertain cost for providing the service because they do not have perfect information about the client's type. The suppliers receive differential...

Promotions are at the same time beloved and feared by both food retailers and branded goods manufacturers in today’s retail environment. Beloved because they attract smart customers and generate an immediate effect on a brand’s sale. Feared because there is uncertainty about the...

We consider a supply chain in which an original brand manufacturer (OBM) outsources the production to a contract manufacturer (CM), who encroaches the end-customer market with a competing product. The CM’s production cost can benefit from economies of scale. Both the OBM and the CM sell their...