This paper evaluates alternative strategic models of competition and market structure inonline retailing, and makes comparisons with traditional retailing. Online consumers areless concerned than traditional consumers about spatial characteristics and moreconcerned about hidden quality...

Die Frage, was eine erfolgreiche Genossenschaft kennzeichnet, ist eine ebensoalte wie aktuelle Thematik. Denn Genossenschaften agieren in einer sich wandelnden Welt und daher liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass sich die Art ihres Erfolges ebenso wie dessen Ursachen im Laufe der Zeit geändert haben...

Recent econometric studies only emphasize the role of longterm demand expectations and technological capability. They neglect the impact of buyer market structure on innovative efforts of input suppliers....

Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage.Therefore they are fundamental to each firm’s competitive strategy. Usually, both instrumentshave been studied separately, but much less in conjunction. This is unfortunate as bothprocesses - the process of innovation...

The UK’s business R&D (BERD) to GDP ratio is low compared to other leading economies,and the ratio has slowly declined over the 1990s. This paper uses data on large UK firms toanalyse the link between R&D and productivity over the 1989-2000 period. Using aproduction function approach, and a...