This is a book about directorship. More precisely, it's about nominee directors, who are nominated by IFC and other development finance institutions (DFIs) to the boards of investee companies to fulfill a dual mandate: first, they are expected to perform all the duties and tasks of a board...

Einführung und Überblick -- I. Teil Technikentstehung als gesellschaftlicher Prozeß — Theoretischer Bezugsrahmen der Untersuchung — -- 1. Technikdiskurse — Eine Annäherung -- 2. Konturen transdisziplinärer Technikforschung -- 3. Anschlüsse — Explikation des untersuchungsleitenden...

With a unique data set from New Zealand which allows us to assign each bet to individual bettors, we analyze the impact of experience on behavior and success in non-parimutuel (fixed odds) sports betting markets. We find that experienced bettors bet more on favorites than inexperienced bettors...