Living in a digital age, where all kinds of information are accessible electronically at all times, organizations worldwide struggle to keep their information assets secure. It is assumed that 50 - 70 % of overall information systems security (ISS) incidents in organizations are either directly...

Methoden des Variantenmanagement eignen sich, um dem Zielkonflikt zwischen Effizienz und Kundenindividualität zu begegnen. Die IT-Dienstleistungsindustrie sieht sich aktuell den gleichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Daher liegt es nahe, die Konzepte und Methoden des Variantenmanagements in die...

This cumulative dissertation consists of five chapters. In terms of research content, my thesis can be divided into two parts. Part one examines local interactions and spillover effects between small regional governments using spatial econometric methods. The second part focuses on patterns...

This volume includes five self-contained chapters in the fields of public debt and fiscal transfer schemes. After an introduction to the topic, chapter 2 shows that the institutional setting of fiscal policy making needs to be considered when assessing the sustainability of fiscal policy. Using...