Industrial Dynamics and the Evolution of Markets in the Mutual Fund Industry

• Main Author: Mattig, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Finance.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Finance, general.

The asset management, and more specifically the mutual fund industry, is facing major strategic challenges. Although the market is growing overall, its growth attracts a steady stream of new entrants and new products that jeopardize the position and profitability of (large) incumbent firms. In order...

Table of Contents:

• The Mutual Fund Industry
• Research Set Up
• Basic Thinking in Industrial Dynamics and Market Evolution
• Theoretical Model: Industrial Dynamics and Organizational Responsiveness
• Gradual Innovation Perspective: Measuring Industrial Dynamics in Mutual Fund Markets
• Disruptive Innovation Perspective: Why Do Electronic Markets not yet Prevail?
• Operational Risk Perspective: Governance Across the Widening Disintermediation Gap
• A Conclusion from a Practitioners’ Perspective.