Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm: Managing Enterprises of the New Economy

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Corporate Governance — Large and Small Corporations, Agents, Principals, Competitors....Pages 3-18
A New Management under IT Revolution in Japan....Pages 19-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Relative Advantages of E-Business Start-Ups versus Integrated Units of Bricks-and-Mortar Companies....Pages 33-57
E-Business Performance: A Latent Class Examination....Pages 58-68
Success Factors of Internet-Based Business Models....Pages 69-84
From the Old Economy towards the New Economy: Managing the Transformation from the Marketing Point of View....Pages 85-109
Mining Product Configurator Data....Pages 110-121
Multi-Channel Management and its Impact on Customers’ Purchase Behavior....Pages 122-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
E-Business in Production and Procurement — Some Theoretical Perspectives....Pages 141-156
E-Business Strategies in the Mechanical Engineering Industry....Pages 157-174
Elements of the Production of Services....Pages 175-189
Strategic Supply Chain Management: A New Approach to Analyze Product Life Cycles....Pages 190-209
An Analysis of Service Output Based on Production Theory....Pages 210-221
E-Business and New Forms of Collaboration along the Supply Chain....Pages 222-237
Capabilities of the Firm and their Effect on Performance — Production of Information and Communication Technology Services as an Example....Pages 238-252
The Transaction Costs of eProcurement....Pages 253-263
A Complexity-Based Approach to Production Management in the New Economy....Pages 264-284
Advanced Planning Systems — Basics and beyond....Pages 285-300
Hierarchical Planning Structures in Supply Chain Management....Pages 301-312
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Firm Foundations and Human Capital Investments: The O-Ring Approach to Organizational Equilibrium in an Emerging Industry....Pages 315-338
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Training Strategies and Remuneration Systems of Enterprises of the New and Old Economy — Similarities and Disparities....Pages 339-354
Training: A Strategic Enterprise Decision?....Pages 355-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Some New Properties of Risk Measures....Pages 369-385
Discovery in the New Economy — Why Entrepreneurs may not Contract with Investors....Pages 386-397
Japan’s Venture Capital Market from an Institutional Perspective....Pages 398-413
Structural Analysis of Multinational Network Organizations....Pages 414-433
Portfolio Return Characteristics of Different Industries....Pages 434-448
Valuation of Growth Companies and Growth Options....Pages 449-473
Shareholder Value at Risk as an Instrument of Company Valuation....Pages 474-490
Valuation of Intangible Assets for Financial Reporting....Pages 491-504
Are Stars Worth their Pay?....Pages 505-519
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
A Tale of two Bubbles: A Preliminary Look at the US Internet and Biotechnology Bubbles....Pages 523-551
Communicating Intangible Resources for the Capital Market....Pages 552-574
Business Valuation in the New Economy — Back to the Basics....Pages 575-589
New Financial Accounting Standards for the New Economy ? — Some Remarks on the Ongoing Debate —....Pages 590-603
Controlling the Assets of the New Economy ...and not only the New Economy....Pages 604-614
The Valuation of Intangibles in New Economy Firms....Pages 615-632
ValueReporting™ New Trends in Corporate Reporting....Pages 633-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-647