In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games-time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the...

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...

Einleitung: Warum Ökonomie ohne Moral wertlos ist -- Ökonomie und Ethik: Wie passt das zusammen? -- Eine kurze Geschichte der Ethik -- Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Wirtschaftsethik -- Anwendungsfelder der ökonomischen Ethik -- Lösungsansätze und Perspektiven: Was jetzt zu tun ist -- Ethik...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Digital Healthcare in Germany—An Overview -- Chapter 3. Innovation, Incentives, and Information Technology in the Healthcare Industry -- Chapter 4. Digital Health Applications – DiGAs – Pathway to Reimbursement -- Chapter 5. Inpatient Market Access for...

Part I - Focus Public Health: Missing health political opportunities due to a lack of nutritional behaviour acceptance -- The Importance of Research-Based Learning as a Didactic Necessity in German Public Health Degree Programs -- Community based health promotion for senior citizens – what we...

1. Introduction; Mohyedine Hajjar -- Introductory Part 1: Legal Framework of Islamic Finance in EU Legislation -- 2. Financial Undertakings, Sharīᶜa Rules and the Internal Market Framework Challenges and Opportunities; Gabriella Gimigliano -- 3. Islamic Insurance and European Union Legal...

1. The theoretical background of co-operative banking -- 2. Co-operative banking networks: rationalities and models -- 3. Co-operative banking in Austria -- 4. Co-operative banking in Finland -- 5. Co-operative banking in France -- 6. Co-operative banking in Germany -- 7. Co-operative banking in...