The Fehmarn Belt is a strait between Denmark and Germany, currently served by a ferry. This note analyses the theory of competition between the ferry and a planned tunnel, the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link. The model is an asymmetric duopoly and addresses two questions: 1. Will the tunnel induce the...

Derzeit wird der deutsche Bankensektor von zahlreichen Entwicklungen mit einem noch nicht vollständig abzusehenden Inhalt und Ausmaß geprägt. Sowohl bankenmarktinterne Entwicklungen (Niedrigzinsphase, Regulierung/Aufsicht) als auch globale Entwicklungen (Digitalisierung, demografischer...

Für viele Unternehmen kommt es im internationalen Wettbewerb darauf an, neue Geschäftsmodelle zu realisieren. Einer der größten Hebel für neue Geschäftsmodelle resultiert aus Technologien, wie z. B. Additive Manufacturing oder dem Internet der Dinge. Häufig hat das Unternehmen allerdings...

The integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing industry is an important link in the semiconductor industrial chain that may decide the success or failure of the foundry industry. The purpose of this study was to compare the competitiveness of the packaging and testing industry in the rear...

In this thesis, we consider several problems related to online resource management. In online optimization, an algorithm has to make decisions based on a sequence of incoming bits of information without knowledge of future inputs. We apply the well-established concept of competitive analysis in...

Part I. The nature of analytical competition: The nature of analytical competition -- What makes an analytical competitor? -- Analytics and business performance -- Competing on analytics with internal processes -- Competing on analytics with external processes -- Part II. Building an analytical...

Preface -- The language of competitive intelligence and of this book -- Diagnostic quizzes and questions -- Do-it-yourself ci -- Creating a new CI function and staffing a new CI team -- Defending against your competitors' intelligence activities -- Adding strategic intelligence to...

Because of the reliance on market analysis, current competition law may not be sufficiently fit for taking account of disruptive innovation which leads to the introduction of new products or services overthrowing existing markets. In the US, innovation has been given a more prominent place in...