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School of Engineering and Science

International Logistics

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Bachelor Thesis

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of abbreviations

1Introduction

1.1Problem of the thesis

1.2Aims of the thesis

1.3Course of research

2General instructions

3Instructions to format

3.1Figures

3.2Tables

4Chapter 4

5Final Consideration

5.1Results and critical reflections

5.2Implications for further research

5.3Implications for practice

Table of references

Appendix

Affidavit

List of figures

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

Figure 1 : The music Business

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

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.

Name of author | Short title of thesis / 1

1Introduction

1.1Problem of the thesis

Customization of the problem

Practical relevance of the research problem

Theoretical relevance of the research problem

1.2Aims of the thesis

Overriding research aims

Secondary research aims

1.3Course of research

Way of proceeding

Methodological framework

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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 footnotes[1] using this form (Mustermann 2005) or (Mustermann, Doe 2005). This happens automatically if you use RefWorks[2] 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.

3Instructions to format

A 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 “-“.

3.1Figures

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).

3.2Tables

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 / 2006
CD / 83 / 79 / 81 / 83 / 81
MC / 2 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 1
LP / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0
Single / 10 / 8 / 7 / 5 / 4
DVD/VHS / 5 / 9 / 9 / 9 / 9
Download / - / - / 1 / 2 / 3
Mobile / - / - / - / - / 2

Source: (Bundesverband Musikindustrie 2008, S. 14).

4Chapter 4

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5Final Consideration

5.1Results and critical reflections

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5.2Implications for further research

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5.3Implications 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.

Mongraphs:

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: [2007, 12/11].

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.th 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.th 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.th 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 2006Passau.

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", LongRange Planning, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 171-179.

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.

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.

Affidavit

Herewith 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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