Firms often partition a product’s price into two mandatory parts (e.g., the base price of a mail-order DVD and the surcharge for shipping and handling) instead of charging one all-inclusive price. This study examines whether and to what extent partitioned pricing (compared to one all-inclusive...

Das Problem der Markenbewertung ist in der Literatur bisher fast vollständig im Hinblick auf Herstellermarken diskutiert worden. Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist es, anhand eines Beispiels aus dem Körperpflegebereich die Vorgehensweise bei der Wertmessung von Handelsmarken mit Hilfe der...

Several empirical studies have shown that apparently competing companies cooperate extensively through an informal exchange of valuable information. Since international inter-firm relations have become elementary in many markets, the informal information exchange across national borders gains...

By the means of an empirical survey this study shows that the evaluation of the success of brand extensions apparently contains a high degree of uncertainty. In order to reduce this uncertainty a method is developed which helps to find out whether a planned brand extension will prove successful...