Welche Bedeutung wird das e-commerce in der Zukunft haben? Welches sind die Erfolgsfaktoren bei der Konzeption eines Internet-Auftritts? Bedeutet das e-commerce eine Bedrohung oder eine Chance für den stationären Handel? Welche Geschäftsmodelle sind denkbar? Diesen und ähnlichen Fragen gehen...

Markenmanagement und Markenstrategie werden für den Handel immer wichtiger. Er darf sich aber nicht nur auf das Thema "Handelsmarken" beschränken, sondern muss das Wechselspiel zwischen Handelsmarken, Betriebstypenmarken und händlergeführten Dienstleistungsmarken aktiv gestalten. Dieses Buch...

In this working paper it is investigated how affect and cognition interact in consumer decision making. The research framework is multidisciplinary by applying a neuroscientific method to answer the question which information is processed during brand choice immediately when the decision is...

Knowledge is the key to gaining and sustaining competitive advantage. Driven by a change in consumer needs towards “comprehensive service solutions”, more and more services are offered through networks. By so doing, individual firms can concentrate on their distinctive competencies and by...

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (“fMRI”) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying home–biased, financial decision-making. Twenty-eight subjects were instructed to make binary investment decisions between a foreign and a domestic mutual fund. Differential brain activity...

Consumer research incorporates perspectives from a spectrum of long-established sciences: psychology, economics and sociology. This Handbook strives to include this multitude of sources of thought, adding geography, neuroscience, ethics and behavioural ecology to this list. Encompassing scholars...