... strategy can broadly be divided into three different phases: The "Too-late-phase-, the phase of "catching-up and substantial activity- which was strongly fostered by the newly appointed CEO Thomas Middelhoff, and the phase of "disillusionement-. In November 1998 Thomas Middelhoff was appointed CEO of the company. Especially prior to the transition of power within Bertelsmann, the company had oftentimes been criticized for entering into online-markets in a very reluctant way ... AOL manager Andreas Schmidt. In late November of last year BeCG (including barnesandnoble) was restructured an...

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