Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences Dortmund, language: English, abstract: The German drive technology industry is dominated from SME's and must supply its products to customers around the world. In addition this industrial segment is challenged by competitors from many other countries as well as from customers with very different needs. Therefore SME's are faced to two main questions. First challenging question "what will be the best strategy to create competitive...