The established theories on the performance of the foreign firm in host country markets raise a puzzle: on the one hand, foreign ventures may be more likely to possess certain advantages that could help them outperform local competitors. On the other hand, foreign ventures suffer a disadvantage...

Wie der Leser schnell erkennen wird, sind die grundlegenden entwicklungstheoretischen Einsichten dieser Arbeit keineswegs neu : Der Verfasser verdankt sie Joseph A. Schumpeter, Friedrich August von Hayek und Jochen R?pke. Das Individuum wird in diesem Buch in urliberaler Vorstellung als der...

Im Zuge der Herausbildung der 'New Economy' seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre erfuhr das Geschäftsmodellkonzept eine erhebliche praktische und theoretische Aufmerksamkeitssteigerung. Hierbei wurde jedoch der Prozess der Geschäftsmodellierung, der der Generierung eines Geschäftsmodells in der...

Principal Topic: Choice of an appropriate business model is essential to the nascent entrepreneurial firm. The term 'business model' describes the collective of the strategies and tactics the firm uses to make money and outlines the underlying economic logic that explains how the firm creates...

Key topics: Since the birth of the Open Source movement in the mid-80's, open source software has become more and more widespread. Amongst others, the Linux operating system, the Apache web server and the Firefox internet explorer have taken substantial market shares to their proprietary...

The number of software vendors offering ‘Software-as-a-Service’ has been increasing in recent years. In the Software-as-a-Service model software is operated by the software vendor and delivered to the customer as a service. Existing business models and industry structures are challenged by...

Document #PICRM-2004-01Research Area: Processes, Productivity and Profitability

This research examined the factors contributing to the performance of online grocers prior to, and following, the 2000 dot.com collapse. The primary goals were to assess the relationship between a company’s business model(s) and its performance in the online grocery channel and to determine if...

Cellular networks and telecommunications bring major change to the way businesses are conducted.Mobility has become one of the main priorities for users and this has impacted on cellular networks and telecommunication operators (CNTOs). However, entrants into the cellular industry have been...