"Debunks long-held assumptions regarding the lack of contact between China and Japan between 839 -1403 CE, arguing that a vibrant Sino-Japanese trade network flourished in this period as Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia. Examination of Buddhist records,...

We examine the long-run economic impact of the Dissolution of the English monasteries in 1535, which is plausibly linked to the commercialization of agriculture and the location of the Industrial Revolution. Using monastic income at the parish level as our explanatory variable, we show that...

Part I Managing in a Monastic Context -- A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the ‘Oikonomia’ of a Monastery -- Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations -- Management of...

Wirtschaft und Klöster -- Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit -- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Arbeitsethos im Kloster -- Corporate Governance und Führung -- Verantwortung aus klösterlicher Sicht -- Entwicklung von Ordensgemeinschaften