Das Streben nach Flexibilität hat in innovativen Beschaffungsentscheidungen den Rang eines eigenständigen Entscheidungsziels: Die Nachfrager wollen sich die Möglichkeit der Entschlußrevision offenhalten. Die Anbieter entsprechen diesem Streben nach Handlungsautonomie ihres Partners durch das...

This paper focuses on various issues that need to be considered when an analyst wishes to predict the demand for a new technological product. The interplay of the strategic behavior of the firm, notably with regard to preannouncing the future availability of the new product and the behavior of...

This paper focuses on various issues that need to be considered when an analyst wishes to predict the demand for a new technological product. The interplay of the strategic behavior of the firm, notably with regard to preannouncing the future availability of the new product and the behavior of...