The study discusses the challenges and opportunities of establishing a logic and method to identify necessary relationships in accounting research. Recent methodological advancements indicate that necessary conditions have not been precisely addressed, neither in hypotheses development, nor in...

The traditional distinction between global and local brands is losing salience driven by globalization and digital technology. Using the paradox theory, this dissertation investigates a third option: brands that are both global and local—something paradoxical. Navigating a brand to be both...

Gibt es einen Kauf-Knopf im Gehirn des Konsumenten? Und wenn ja, wie betätigt man diesen? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen könnte das Neuromarketing liefern. Das Neuromarketing ist Bestandteil der Neuroökonomie und eine relativ junge Disziplin an der Schnittstelle von Kognitionswissenschaften,...

Die Marktforschung ist ein vergleichsweise junges Fachgebiet, das in seiner Entwicklung bereits eine Vielzahl von Veränderungen erfahren hat. Kaum eine Disziplin verändert den eigenen Methodenkanon aufgrund technischen Fortschritts so häufig wie das Handwerk der Marktforschung. Seit dem...

The shift from closed to open paradigms in new product development is seen as an emergence of new forms of production, innovation, and design. Innovation processes are shifting from open source software to open source hardware design. Emulating open source software, design information for open...

This paper focuses on semantics and syntax of two attributivizers in Kazym Khanty. Both of the attributivizers have proprietive semantics and attach to a small nominal rather than a full DP. Proprietives are not completely interchangeable, therefore the difference between them is also explored...

The meaning of Methodological Individualism has been one of the most diversified concepts and is one of the basic methodological principles of the social sciences. It indicates an orderly, repeatable and self-correcting research procedure whose object of study is individuals and their set of...

Regulatory barriers prevent widespread availability of cannabis data in the United States (US). As legalization occurs in the US, assessment of consumer/patient population becomes increasingly important, particularly in newly legal states including Massachusetts (MA). Anecdotal and peer-reviewed...

From the standpoint of competition policy, it might seem desirable to modularize competition to the greatest extent possible so that the best and cheapest products prevail at every stage of a production process and in every component of systems of complementary products. But integration can also...