Physica Verlag Hd: 128 books
Corporate Governance in Germany
An Empirical Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Corporate governance is an important issue on the research agenda of financial economists. Using a new and unique data set of German corporations this book examines three topics that are crucial to a better understanding of corporate governance: (a) the frequency, causes, and consequences of control...
Designing an Efficient Management System
Modeling of Convergence Factors Exemplified by the Case of Japanese Businesses in Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
1 Background of the Study: Ef?ciency in Cross-Cultural International Business Management Ef?cient business management is crucial in achieving corporate (national or int- national/multinational) goals such as higher value, comprehensiveness, corporate governance, etc. Ef?cient business management can...
Consumer Credit in Europe
Risks and Opportunities of a Dynamic Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Consumer credit has become a topical issue for researchers, regulators and the banking industry in Europe as a result of increasing market integration, regulatory changes and a growing tendency of households to use debt to finance consumption. This study uses a cross-country approach to look at a...
Regional Cohesion
Effectiveness of Network Structures
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
This book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of EU regional cohesion based on a network and clusters approach. The author explores the question if and how the presence of network structures supports the effectiveness of transformation in EU regions, in particular with a focus on non-pecuniary...
The Economics of Small Businesses
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Is small still beautiful? The recent economic and financial crisis has shown that developed countries in which firms are smaller suffered the biggest GDP plunges. Today, economic growth depends more than in the past on sound and well-organized firms, which means more innovation, a better educated...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"Once upon a longish time ago, Swiss bankers were solemn men to whom you took the money stashed under your mattress so Oliver Landmann they could stash it under theirs. Not now". (The Economist, February 2nd, 1991) As The Economist has recognized, the banking business is subject to thorough...
Military Conscription
An Economic Analysis of the Labour Component in the Armed Forces
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
In this book, entitled "Military Conscription: an economic analysis of the labour component in the armed forces", military conscription is regarded as an eco nomic policy to minimize the cost of labour in the armed forces. The economic cost of conscription becomes clear when we analyse...
Tourism Economics
Impact Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists – of different kind and origin – has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic impacts...
Money, Stock Prices and Central Banks
A Cointegrated VAR Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
This contribution applies the cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model to analyze the long-run behavior and short-run dynamics of stock markets across five developed and three emerging economies. The main objective is to check whether liquidity conditions play an important role in stock market...
Small Businesses in the Aftermath of the Crisis
International Analyses and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
This book seeks to analyze how small and medium businesses react to the economic and financial crisis. Its focus is on the activities and strategies of SMEs in the areas of innovation, R&D investment, labor markets and finance. The book takes an international perspective and includes both comparative...
Bargaining over Time Allocation
Economic Modeling and Econometric Investigation of Time Use within Families
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book, time use behavior within households is modeled as the outcome of a bargaining process between family members who bargain over household resource allocation and the intrafamily distribution of welfare. In view of trends such as rising female employment along with falling fertility rates...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
The aim of this book is to offer a comprehensive overview of the economics of ports for scientists, students and professionals. The text is divided into five self-contained parts: the first chapter defines the demand for port services using an econometric approach. The second part analyzes the provision...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Diverse driving forces, processes and actors are responsible for different trends in the development of megacities and large urban areas. Under the dynamics of global change, megacities are themselves changing: On the one hand they are prone to increasing socio-economic vulnerability due to pronounced...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
As the real world is rapidly becoming more and more complicated, economists need to venture beyond the boundaries of mainstream economics and integrate philosophical thought and complexity into their analytical frameworks. In this context, this volume brings together papers on economic theory and...