Do contractual institutions and a country’s level of trust interact in their impact on the international make-or-buy decision? By analyzing explicit and implicit contracting in a unified framework, I show that better formal contractibility may both facilitate and hinder relational contracting...

Traditionally patents are seen as the gold standard for intellectual property protection. But, in line with empirical findings that secrecy is considered more important for appropriating returns, recent theories predict that firms keep their most important inventions secret. This article...

Informal long-term relationships and mutual confidence play a crucial role in modern economies in at least two dimensions. First, the performance of firms is strongly affected by their capacity to solve organizational questions effectively and this capacity is apparently strongly related to...

This paper presents econometric evidence for a link between a country’s level of egalitarianism and its inward foreign direct investment. In order to provide a theoretical rationale for this relationship, I embed Hart and Moore’s (2008) novel contractual foundation into a simple model of...

Timing of Disclosure for Financial Statements in Germany after the 2007 EHUG Act: The paper analyses the timing of disclosing financial statements for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Germany in 2007 and 2008. Comparisons of different regional areas and different company sizes are made and...

Zur Ermittlung der Kompensationsleistung bei aktienrechtlichen Strukturmaßnahmen (z.B. Squeeze-out) ist der Unternehmens- bzw. Anteilswert zu ermitteln. Hierfür wird nahezu ausschließlich das Ertragswertverfahren angewandt. Als problematisch gilt hierbei unter anderem die Prognoseunsicherheit...

Bei einer Unternehmensbewertung nach IDW müssen grundsätzlich persönliche Einkommensteuern berücksichtigt werden. Nach dem früheren Anrechnungsverfahren (bis 2000) führten ausländische Einkünfte auf Ebene der Kapitalgesellschaft häufig zu steuerfreien Eigenkapitalzugängen. Bei...

The objective of the IFRS for SMEs is to provide SMEs an attractive accounting alternative according to international standards. The paper analyses the differences compared to the German-GAAP and highlights the consequences for medium-sized entities in Germany.

The paper shows the ways of disclosing financial risks by IFRS 7 and certain types of sensitivity analysis. The different possibilities of preparing a sensitivity analysis, such as value at risk are illustrated and their suitability for reporting are faced critically. Following, the manner of...

The paper analyzes whether the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs), published July 9, 2009, could be an interesting option for the consolidated financial statements of small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) in Germany. Background is the...