Banks play a central role in the functioning of the economy. Not only do they allocate financial resources, they also collectively create money in the process of granting loans. In this way, they have a considerable impact on the type of activities that are financed in society. During the...

Online food retailing is high on the current agendas of European retailers - again. Many companies tried to enter and conquer this market in the beginning of 2000's when e-commerce was seen as revolutionizing not only the retail business, but the way in which business is conducted in general....

This paper develops a measurement framework that synthesizes the airline and strategy literature to identify relevant dimensions and elements of airline business models. The applicability of this framework for describing airline strategies and structures and, based on this conceptualization, for...

Der vorliegende Beitrag betrachtet zentrale Aspekte des Lebensmittel-Onlinehandels in Deutschland. Die Entwicklung hin zu einer größeren Vielfalt in der Art und Weise wie Lebensmittel beschafft werden können, ist sehr komplex und unterliegt zahlreichen Trends. Technologischer Fortschritt und...

We analyze the characteristics of new businesses in the German ICT industry, distinguishing them based on their choice between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS-based business model has increased considerably over the...

Die Weltwirtschaft befindet sich inmitten eines umfassenden Umbruchs, getragen vom hohen disruptiven Potenzial der Digitalisierung. In Deutschland wird vor allem die Digitalisierung des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes („Industrie 4.0“) als möglicher Auslöser einer neuen industriellen Revolution...