The present thesis contributes to the user acceptance literature by improving understanding about the role of pre-implementation acceptance in the adoption of enterprise systems. This phenomenon was addressed from three different perspectives in the three core papers: Chapter 2 focused on...

Die Regulierung von Finanzinstituten erfuhr in den letzten Jahren einen grundlegenden Paradigmenwechsel. Hierbei wurde die Idee einer makroprudentiellen Bankenregulierung neu aufgegriffen. Makroprudentiell meint, dass im Gegensatz zum mikroprudentiellen Pendant nicht die individuellen Risiken...

In this article we inquire into the root causes of the present financial crisis by drawing on a Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model. At the origin of the current crisis are global imbalances originating from distortions in relative prices. Due to impasses in international production, financial...

The 2010 European debt crisis has revived the discussion concerning the optimum adjustment strategy in the face of asymmetric shocks. Whereas Mundell's (1961) seminal theory on optimum currency areas suggests depreciation in the face of crisis, the most recent emergence of competitive...