The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

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...

The European Commission and its member states are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of the postal sector while maintaining the service obligation. This book addresses some of these concerns. It is comprised of essays chosen from those presented at the...

This proceedings volume presents the latest research from the worldwide mass customization & personalization (MCP) community bringing together new thoughts and results from various disciplines within the field. The chapters are based on papers from the MCPC 2017. The book showcases research and...

A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise

This book examines the everyday-life patterns of young adults under circumstances of vulnerability and precariousness. Its main focus is on the web of social relations that structure the everyday life of young people, for instance by providing resources and tools of solving problems, exerting...

Susen Claire Berg stellt die gegenwärtige bankenaufsichtsrechtliche Berücksichtigung des Kreditrisikos in allen drei Säulen des Baseler Rahmenwerks umfassend dar und liefert darüber hinaus eine rechtsvergleichende Analyse der derzeitigen Regulierung mit der zukünftigen potenziellen...

Das Buch beschreibt neben den relevanten Private-Banking-Märkten die im Markt vorherrschenden Strategien. Darauf aufbauend werden sowohl das Leistungsangebot als auch die wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren für das Private Banking dargestellt. Die Autoren sind ausgewiesene Experten des...