Der Autor führt für Entwicklungsländer den Nachweis, daß zwischen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und der Sicherung der Umweltqualität kein zwangsläufiger Gegensatz besteht. Es wird aufgezeigt, daß bei geeigneter Wahl der entwicklungspolitischen Strategien in Verbindung mit einer...

Introduction -- Breach or Perform Decision – The Traditional Model of the Efficient Breach -- Distributional Effects and the Original Contract -- The Option to Cover -- Over- and Undercompensation -- Incomplete Information -- Transaction Costs -- Conclusion.

This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by anticipation of trading...

Introduction -- Background: Cost-of-Capital in the Finance Literature -- Previous Results on Cost-of-Capital Practices -- Research Philosophy and Ethics -- Empirical Research Approach and Methods -- Primary Research: Expert Interviews -- Primary Research: Company Survey -- Conclusion and...

This dissertation consists of two projects, both concerned with how social networks form and how they affect economic decisions. In the first project, entitled Identifying Influential Agents in a Social Network, I define influence centrality, a new measure of influence which combines information...

Manage managers based on competencies and informal networks – Set task-based output goals for professional specialists – Control temporary workers at the agency level – Ensure that contractors are managed effectively as part of boundary-crossing networks. This book provides a framework of...

All three chapters of this dissertation study different aspects of internal organization, and two of the chapters go a step further to understand how decisions within the firm impact markets outside the firm.The first chapter of this dissertation studies empirically how worker task assignments...

"Efficient breach" is one of the most discussed topics in the literature of law and economics. What remedy incentivizes the parties of a contract to perform contracts if and only if it is efficient? This book provides a new perception based on an in-depth analysis of the impact the market...