Industrial Engineering and ManagementName of Supervisor

Bachelor ThesisTitle

Subtitle

Supervisor: Name of Supervisor

Handed in by: Date: 20/05/2023

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Table of ContentsTable of Contents.............................................................................................................................................. IList of figures.................................................................................................................................................. IIList of tables................................................................................................................................................... IIIList of abbreviations....................................................................................................................................... IV1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Problem of the thesis..................................................................................................................... 11.2 Aims of the thesis......................................................................................................................... 11.3 Course of research......................................................................................................................... 1

2 General instructions...................................................................................................................... 23 Instructions to format.................................................................................................................... 3

3.1 Figures.......................................................................................................................................... 33.2 Tables........................................................................................................................................... 4

4 Chapter 4...................................................................................................................................... 55 Final Consideration....................................................................................................................... 6

5.1 Results and critical reflections.......................................................................................................65.2 Implications for further research...................................................................................................65.3 Implications for practice...............................................................................................................6

Table of references........................................................................................................................................... 7Appendix.......................................................................................................................................................... 9Affidavit......................................................................................................................................................... 10

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List of figures...if figures are used in the thesis otherwise please delete this page.

Figure 1 : The music Business.......................................................................................................................... 3

III

1 List of tables

... if tables are used in the thesis otherwise please delete this page.Table 1: Shares of different types of music in percent.......................................................................................4

IV

List of abbreviations

CBV Competence-based View

All abbreviations that you use in your text have to be introduced the first time they are used. Abbreviations that you can find in a standard dictionary are excluded from this rule.

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2 Introduction

2.1 Problem of the thesis

Customization of the problem

Practical relevance of the research problem

Theoretical relevance of the research problem

2.2 Aims of the thesis

Overriding research aims

Secondary research aims

2.3 Course of research

Way of proceeding

Methodological framework

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3 General instructions This template gives a general overview over the structure of your bachelor thesis and at the

same time represents the style sheet you are asked to use.

Please use the styles inserted into this word document (in the Quick Style Gallery) in order to

format your thesis.

Please put references in footnotes1 using this form (Mustermann 2005) or (Mustermann, Doe

2005). This happens automatically if you use RefWorks2 and format your references with the

“Harvard” style.

Please delete all fields marked in grey and fill in your own information.

Your bachelor thesis should have 30-40 pages, including the table of references and footnotes

but excluding all other lists and appendixes.

1 This will look like that… Cf. (Mustermann 2005), p. 5.2 For an introduction into RefWorks please address IRC- Library

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4 Instructions to formatA headline on the first layer indicates a new chapter. The continuous text should be formatted

with the style “paragraph”. If you do manual hyphenation please use “Ctrl” and “-“.

4.1 Figures

Figures should be inserted centred

Please insert titles for the figures using Word’s options to insert captions (References – Insert

Caption). Please format with the text style „BA caption“. For example:

Figure 1 : The Music Business

Source: (Emes 2004, p. 40).

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4.2 Tables

Headlines for tables are inserted in the same way as for figures. See for example:

Table 1: Shares of different types of music in percent

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006CD 83 79 81 83 81MC 2 3 2 1 1LP 0 1 0 0 0

Single 10 8 7 5 4DVD/VHS 5 9 9 9 9Download - - 1 2 3

Mobile - - - - 2Source: (Bundesverband Musikindustrie 2008, p. 14).

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5 Chapter 4….

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6 Final Consideration

6.1 Results and critical reflections

...

6.2 Implications for further research

...

6.3 Implications for practice

...

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Table of references

Please use the “Harvard Style” for your references. It is included into RefWorks. If you have done that right references look like that:

Books:

Benton, W.C. 2007, Purchasing and supply management, McGraw-Hill Irwin, Boston.

Articles from Journals:

Arnold, U. 1999, "Organization of global sourcing: ways towards an optimal degree of centralization", European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 167-174.

Canbolat, Y.B., Gupta, G., Matera, S. & Chelst, K. 2008, "Analysing risk in sourcing design and manufacture of components and sub-systems to emerging markets", International Journal of Production Research, vol. 46, no. 18, pp. 5145-5164.

Articles from collections:

Müssigmann, N. 2006, "Mitigating risk during strategic supply network modelling" in Managing risks in supply chains: how to build reliable collaboration in logistics, eds. W. Kersten & T. Blecker, Erich Schmidt, Berlin, pp. 213-226.

Monographs:

Kusek, D. & Leonhard, G. 2005, Die Zukunft der Musik - Warum die Digitale Revolution die Musikindustrie retten wird, Musikmarkt Verlag, München.

Newspaper Articles:

Peymani, B. 2005, "Echt schräger Auftritt", Werben & Verkaufen, no. 22, pp. 58-59.

Company reports:

EMI Group plc 2007, Annual Report 2007, London.

Sources from the internet:

Jobs, S. 2007, 06.02.2007-last update, Thoughts on Music. Available: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ [2007, 12/11].

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Exemplary table of references:

Barney, J.B. 2004, "Introduction: William Ouchi's Theory Z: How American business can meet the Japanese Challenge", Academy of Management Executive, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 106-107.

Bassanini, A.B. & Giovanni, D. 2001, "When and how chance and human will can twist the arms of clio: An essay on path dependence in a world of irreversibilities" in Path dependence and creation, eds. R. Garud & P. Karnoe, 1.st edn, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., London, pp. 41-68.

Bettis, R.A. & Prahalad, C.K. 1995, "The Dominant Logic: Retrospective and Extension", Strategic Management Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 5-14.

Bettis, R.A. & Wong, S. 2003, "Dominant Logic, Knowledge Creation, and Managerial Choice", Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Learning & Knowledge Management, pp. 343-355.

Briegmann, F. & Jakob, H. 2005, "Management der Wertschöpfungskette" in Ökonomie der Musikindustrie, eds. M. Clement & O. Schusser, 1.st edn, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 83-94.

Chmielewicz, K. 1979, Forschungskonzeptionen der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, 2., überarb. u. erw. Aufl edn, Poeschel, Stuttgart.

Clement, M. & Albers, S. 2005, "Netzeffekte und Lebenszyklus von Musik" in Ökonomie der Musikindustrie, eds. M. Clement & O. Schusser, 1.st edn, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 41-54.

Kremer, E. & Strube, J. 2007, "Wie viele Kopien sollten erlaubt sein? Preisbildung für digitale Güter unter Berücksichtigung von Digital Rights Management" in Tagungsband der MKWI 2006, Passau.

Mahlmann, C. 2003, "Struktur des deutschen Tonträgermarktes" in Handbuch der Musikwirtschaft, eds. R. Moser & A. Scheuermann, 6th edn, Josef Keller Verlag, Starnberg und München, pp. 178-208.

Porter, M. 2004, "Wie die Kräfte des Wettbewerbs Strategien beeinflussen", Harvard Business Manager, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 49-61.

Prahalad, C.K. 2004, "The Blinders of Dominant Logic", Long Range Planning, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 171-179.

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Teece, D.J., Pisano, G. & Shuen, A. 1997, "Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management", Strategic Management Journal, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 509-533.

van Hoff, Niel & Mahlmann, C. 2005, "Managing Marketing und Sales" in Ökonomie der Musikindustrie, eds. M. Clement & O. Schusser, 1.th edn, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 131-155.

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Appendix… if you need an appendix. For example you can use the appendix if you have empirical data

or other material that you have based your analysis which is too extensive for putting into the

text.

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AffidavitHerewith I declare that I have written the present thesis on my own and without the use of

other than the indicated support.

Passages that I have adopted, whether in sense or literally from other published or non-

published works, have been marked as such.

The present thesis has, in the same or in similar form, never been handed in to another board

of examination.

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