This book addresses the EU as powerful driver of the wave of privatizations in the network industries and public services since the early 1990s. Based on theoretical arguments and empirical studies it examines the impact of these policies on what is regarded as the normative pillars of the...

This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives. The book argues that the economic weakness of the EU is the result of the very restrictive economic policy of the Union and most member states. The book advances from a comprehensive critique of...

Interactive Web 2.0 Applications in the Multi-Channel Marketing for Retailers -- How to Maintain a Process Perspective on Retail Internationalization: The IKEA Case -- Trade Credit Periods in Retail Commerce for Products of Mass Consumption: An Application to Spanish Legislation -- Customer...

The aim of EUROPEAN RETAIL RESEARCH is to publish interesting manuscripts of high quality and innovativeness with a focus on retail researchers, retail lecturers, retail students and retail executives. As it has always been, retail executives are part of the target group and the knowledge...

Mit Beiträgen von Peter Jones -- Daphne Comfort -- David Hillier -- Prokopis K. Theodoridis -- Anastasios P. Panopoulos -- Jochen Binder -- Dennis Herhausen -- Nicolas Pernet -- Marcus Schögel -- Alfonso Ruiz Martínez -- Irene Gil Saura -- Thomas Rudolph -- Thomas Schröder -- Tim Böttger --...

Fifteen years after its commercial launching, the Internet has become the second most imp- tant distribution channel (after high street retailing) and a major source of customer infor- tion and empowerment (Urban 2003, 2005; Constantinides/Fountain 2008). A number of - cent developments in this...

The aim of EUROPEAN RETAIL RESEARCH is to publish interesting manuscripts of high quality and innovativeness with a focus on retail researchers, retail lecturers, retail students and retail executives. As it has always been, retail executives are part of the target group and the knowledge...