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Competition, contracts and electricity markets : a new perspective
Hauteclocque, Adrien D. (contributor);  … - 2011
This book fills a gap in the existing literature by dealing with several issues linked to long-term contracts and the efficiency of electricity markets. These include the impact of long-term contracts and vertical integration on effective competition, generation investment in risky markets, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851052
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Employment protection legislation : evolution, effects, winners and losers
Skedinger, Per - 2010
Employment protection legislation is one of the most controversial issues in the labour market. In this insightful book … legislation around the world …1. Introduction -- 2. The design and evolution of employment protection legislation -- 3. What are the conceivable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851798
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Corporate governance and China's H-share market
De Jonge, Alice - 2008
1. Introduction : legal transplants, convergence and regionalism in Chinese corporate law reform -- 2. Birth pangs of a market : creation and development of China's cross-border share markets -- 3. Securities, regulatory authorities and H-share enterprises -- 4. Internal governance structures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420002
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Performance of the Chinese insurance industry under economic reforms
Yao, Shujie - 2010
The Chinese insurance industry has experienced rapid development during the past decade. This original book is the … first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents …ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852093
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Insurance and risk management
Niehaus, Greg (contributor) - 2008
There is a broad range of literature on the economics of insurance and risk management. This timely publication … contains recent theoretical contributions to the economics of insurance and presents empirical tests and applications of the … theory to many different insurance markets. It also offers important insights into the factors influencing corporate risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852241
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Banking and insurance in the new China : competition and the challenge of accession to the WTO
Chen, Jianxun; Shi, Huici - 2004
insurance - since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industries during … opportunities. The relationships between the market structure, behavior and performance of China's banking and insurance industries … of WTO accession on Chinese banking and insurance, and strategies for the prevention of future financial crises are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474023
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Blockchain + antitrust : the decentralization formula
Schrepel, Thibault - 2021
Contents: Preface -- Introduction: The decentralization -- Part 1 a common ambition -- 1. Blockchain: From ideology to implementation -- 2. Blockchain's toolbox -- 3. Blockchain and darwin -- 4. Decentralization? -- 5. Comes antitrust: The paradox -- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704219
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Evolution of the corporation in the United States : from social control to financialization
Atkinson, Glen; Hake, Eric R.; Paschall, Stephen P. - 2021
Contents: 1. Financialization and the corporation in the twenty-first century -- 2. Capitalist development -- 3. Widening of the market and the transition from scarcity to abundance -- 4. Role of the corporation -- 5. Failure of federal policy to achieve social control -- 6. Corporations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487423
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Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe : best practices and breakthrough models
De Cleyn, Sven H. (contributor); Festel, Gunter (contributor) - 2016
Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter? / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel -- Part I shaping the ecosystem -- 1. I3P as university business incubator - a dual mission in technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419818
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The Elgar companion to Ronald H. Coase
Ménard, Claude, 1944- (contributor);  … - 2016
Ronald H. Coase, one of the most innovative and provocative economists of the twentieth century, has had a lasting influence in economics, law and economics, organization theory, management and political science. In this comprehensive Companion, 31 leading economists, social scientists and legal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419854