"This innovative volume brings together contributions from leading experts in the study of luxury to present the full range of perspectives on luxury business, from a variety of social science approaches. Topics include conceptual foundations and the evolution of the luxury industry; the...

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the...

It's an Amazon world -- Why Amazon is not your average retailer : introduction to retail strategy -- The prime ecosystem: redefining loyalty for today's modern shopper -- Retail apocalypse: reality or myth? -- End of pure-play e-commerce : Amazon's transition to bricks and mortar retailing --...

Klemens Kaps : connectors, networks and commercial systems: approaches to the study of early modern maritime trade history / Manuel Herrero Sánchez -- Merchant networks, early modern long-distance trade and globalization : theoretical considerations and historiographical reappraisal --...

pt. 1. Merchant networks, early modern long-distance trade and globalization : theoretical considerations and historiographical reappraisal -- pt. II. The social composition of networks : cultural identities versus transnationality -- pt. III. Connecting spaces : networks and systems, merchants...

Communal responsibility, a medieval institution studied by Greif (2006), supported the use of credit among European merchants in the absence of modern enforcement technologies. This paper shows how this mechanism helps to overcome enforcement problems in anonymous buyer/seller transactions. In a...

Communal responsibility, a medieval institution studied by Greif (2006), supported the use of credit among European merchants in the absence of modern enforcement technologies. This paper shows how this mechanism helps to overcome enforcement problems in anonymous buyer/seller transactions. In a...

Communal responsibility, a medieval institution studied by Greif (2006), supported the use of credit among European merchants in the absence of modern enforcement technologies. This paper shows how this mechanism helps to overcome enforcement problems in anonymous buyer/seller transactions. In a...

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...

Der kleinflächige Discountmarkt weist als Betriebstyp des Lebensmitteleinzelhandels europaweit und teilweise auch in Übersee kontinuierlich steigende Marktanteile auf. Besonders erfolgreich ist das Geschäftsmodell des Hard-Discounts, das vor allem von den Unternehmen Aldi und Lidl verfolgt...

Der kleinflächige Discountmarkt weist als Betriebstyp des Lebensmitteleinzelhandels europaweit und teilweise auch in Übersee kontinuierlich steigende Marktanteile auf. Besonders erfolgreich ist das Geschäftsmodell des Hard-Discounts, das vor allem von den Unternehmen Aldi und Lidl verfolgt...

Handelsbetriebe stellen von ihrer Zahl und ihrer wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung her eine wichtige Größe in allen Volkswirtschaften dar, wenn es auch theoretisch und empirisch nicht einfach ist, sie von benachbarten Wirtschaftszweigen, wie der Industrie, dem Handwerk und Logistikdienstleistern,...

RKW-Handelsforscheratlas

In diesem Papier wird das Handelsverhalten großer Marktteilnehmer während des Versuchs einer künstlich erzeugten Marktknappheit untersucht. Wir betrachten den in London gehandelten Bond-Future Kontrakt. Unter Verwendung der Cash- und Future-Transaktionen von Händlern und Kunden untersuchen...