“…Wicht et al [133] reveal that companies engaging in collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment projects should not put too much emphasis on the collaboration, as primarily the automation of the process creates the advantages. Magnus et al [85] report empirical results from the European retail market, showing that investments in more cooperative joint processes actually reduce performance, whereas investments in social bonding between manufacturers and retailers and in open exchange of data between these partners pay off well. However, all of these do not cover financial effects remaining at connecting network investments with some non-financial effects, see also [46,95,96,129].…”