Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm

Section 1: Corporate Governance.- Corporate Governance - Large and Small Corporations, Agents, Principals, Competitors.- A New Management under IT Revolution in Japan.- Section 2: Marketing.- Relative Advantages of E-Business Start-Ups versus Integrated Units of Bricks-and-Mortar Companies.- E-Business Performance: A Latent Class Examination.- Success Factors of Internet-Based Business Models.- From the Old Economy towards the New Economy: Managing the Transformation from the Marketing Point of View.- Mining Product Configurator Data.- Multi-Channel Management and its Impact on Customers' Purchase Behavior.- Section 3: Production and Procurement.- E-Business in Production and Procurement - Some Theoretical Perspectives.- E-Business Strategies in the Mechanical Engineering Industry: An Approach to Explanations of Current Trends in E-Business Diffusion.- Elements of the Production of Services.- Strategic Supply Chain Management: A New Approach to Analyze Product Life Cycles.- An Analysis of Service Output Based on Production Theory.- E-Business and New Forms of Collaboration along the Supply Chain.- Capabilities of the Firm and their Effect on Performance - Production of Information and Communication Technology Services as an Example.- The Transaction Costs of eProcurement.- A Complexity-Based Approach to Production Management in the New Economy.- Advanced Planning Systems - Basics and beyond.- Hierarchical Planning Structures in Supply Chain Management.- Section 4: Human Resource Management and Economic Organization.- Firm Foundations and Human Capital Investments: The O-Ring Approach to Organizational Equilibrium in an Emerging Industry.- Training Strategies and Remuneration Systems of Enterprises of the New and Old Economy - Similarities and Disparities.- Training: A Strategic Enterprise Decision?.- Section 5: Finance.- Some New Properties of Risk Measures.- Discovery in the New Economy - Why Entrepreneurs may not Contract with Investors.- Japan's Venture Capital

Manfred Schlüter, geboren 1953, lebt in Hillgroven an der Nordsee. Er ist ausgebildeter Tiefdruck-Retuscheur und hat Grafik-Design studiert. Seit 1976 arbeitet er als freier Graphiker und Maler, seit 1980 illustriert er Bücher.