Wegen fehlender amtlicher Statistiken schätzt das IfM Bonn seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre die Anzahl der Unternehmen in Deutschland, die vor der Übergabe stehen. Die vorliegende Schätzung für den Zeitraum 2018 bis 2022 kommt zum Ergebnis, dass etwa 150.000 Unter-nehmen mit rund 2,4 Mio....

This research aims to shed light on the formulation of returns management strategies and to identify key returns management components in developing more effective returns management strategies. Anchored in supply chain orientation and supply chain alignment research, we use a multiple...

There are several terms used in Romanian for the English term supply chain. We have counted eleven. It has been adopted in several ways and it is perceived (adapted) in several ways in Romania. There are several causes which have determined this fact: the English terminology inconsistence...

English Abstract: The article analyses the evolution of the fair industry in Italy since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008. In particular, the article examines the performance achieved by a sample of Italian exhibitions between 2008 and 2011 – at the apex of the financial crisis –...

This article describes the problem of efficiency of functioning of the organization in modern conditions of dynamic external environment. Modern external environment characterized by financial instability, lower incomes, economic constraints in relation to Russia, as well as constantly changing...

This note provides a short overview of the evolution of strategic management starting with its military origin and a particular emphasis on the schools of thought on strategic management, namely the Market-Based View (MBV), the Resource-Based View (RBV) and the Dynamic-Capability View (DCV). It...

A business process is a collection of related activities that produce a specific output for a particular customer. The effective designing of business processes is an important issue for the corporations. The need itself, to improve the existing business process in an organization, results in...

For sustaining businesses in a VUCA World, or a world with Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, it is important to address the primary cause of VUCA. The culprit is the rapidly changing technology, more significantly the Information Technology. Though the primary driver of...

This paper introduces a unique multi-disciplinary approach called “Behavioral IT®” which addresses the IT-Disruptions related woes of both businesses and business professionals like CXOs, Top Managers and Management StudentsBusinesses experience problems of huge losses due to over 70% IT...

This is the web appendix for our manuscript forthcoming in the European Journal of Marketing. We demonstrate that constructing definitions using both ‘and’ and ‘or’ increases the ambiguity and vagueness of the construct’s meaning. The most frequently used conjunction is ‘and’ which...