The study of the transformation of retail chain stores (RCS) due to the impact of digitalization on them is a new problem. The main part of modern scientific research is devoted to separate directions of digitalization and does not consider conceptual aspects of these processes. The purpose of...

Der demographische Wandel konfrontiert Händler mit der enormen Herausforderung, sich den Bedürfnissen von Konsumenten im fortgeschrittenen Alter anzupassen. Trotz der offensichtlichen Notwendigkeit, die reife Kundengruppe erfolgreich zu bedienen, gelingt es bislang kaum einem Händler....

We study competition among a score of firms participating in an online market for a commodity computer component. Firms were able to adjust prices continuously; prices determined how the firms were ranked and listed (lowest price listed first), with better ranks contributing to firms' sales....

We study competition among a score of firms participating in an online market for a commodity computer component. Firms were able to adjust prices continuously; prices determined how the firms were ranked and listed (lowest price listed first), with better ranks contributing to firms' sales....

Ein Elektronikeinkäufer ist zunehmend mit Kunden konfrontiert, die sich in den Filialen Informationen zu Produkten holen, aber dann im Internet kaufen. Welche Lösung gibt es für dieses als Showrooming bekannte Phänomen?

The purpose of this paper is to identify the sources of variation in firm performance. This is one of the cornerstones of strategy research, i.e. the relative importance of industry and firm-level effects on firm performance. Multilevel analysis is well suited to analyze variance in performance...