This article examines the archetypal brand positioning in the deodorant industry for men in Germany. It is based on the hypotheses that brand positioning follows archetypal principles and that the brands address either very similar or very different archetypes. A new positioning model is...

Recent years have witnessed an increased interest, by competition agencies, in assessing the competitive effects of partial acquisitions. We propose an empirical structural methodology, which can deal with settings involving all types of owners and ownership rights, to quantify the coordinated...