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Halal Certification for Financial Products : A Transaction Cost Perspective
Hayat, Raphie - 2011
time (20 days) and money (USD 122,000) to obtain a halal certification. Mainly, this is because the market is very … concentrated and forms a closed circuit. About 20 Sharia scholars control more than half the market, of which the top 3 earn an … estimated USD 4.5 mln in fees per year. Moreover this market seems plagued by a number of problems, most notably a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117973
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How important are Institutions for Growth in Transition Countries?
Moers, Luc - 1999
results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324449
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Positional Wages, Market Wages and Firm Size
van den Brink, Rene; Ruys, Pieter H.M. - 2005
We model a firm in an institutional market setting, consisting of a production technology and its governance. The …. Reservation wages are endogenously determined in the institutional market economy. We give conditions guaranteeing a finite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325411
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Incomplete Contract and Divisional Structures
Bao, Te; Wang, Yongqin - 2009
ex post bargaining phase in which the managers can agree on theproject which maximize their joint private benefit. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325682
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Contracting Out, an Empirical Study on Motives
Wassenaar, Tom; Groot, Tom; Gradus, Raymond H. J. M. - 2010
Municipalities may have various motives for decisions on the mode of their task execution. Empirical studies – based on both public choice and transaction costs theory - have not yet provided a fully comprehensive explanation for municipal contracting out decisions. Therefore, we held...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188345
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Reviewing Composite Vulnerability and Resilience Indexes: A Sustainable Approach and Application
Angeona, Valérie; Bates, Samuel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2015
Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI) whose robustness relies on a mathematical algorithm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228188
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Conclusion: Governance and Environment: Policy Challenges and Research Questions
Brousseau, Eric; Dedeurwaerdere, Tom; Jouvet, Pierre-André - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Since the publication of path-breaking contributions on the governance of environmental resources in the early 1990s many political initiatives have been taken, many governance experiments have been run, and a large multidisciplinary field of research has opened up. The aim of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721348
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« Responsible Care» et management durable: comportement volontaire ou réaction adaptative ? Généalogie et pratiques dans l'industrie chimique
Berland, Nicolas; Loison, Marie-Claire - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
Chemical industry's managers have developed since mid-1970' a management and prevention risk policy named “Responsible Care”. This policy was a first draft for a sustainable management even if these two concepts were not exactly synonymous. Through genealogy of this practice and its use in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072217
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Re-examining the concept of sustainable development in light of climate change
Chevallier, Julien - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
This article provides a critical appraisal of the concept of sustainable development in light of climate change. As the latest climate change science indicates strong effects of anthropogenic activity on global warming, we review the pros and the cons of prioritizing development over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708827
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"Responsible Care" and Sustainable Management: The Reciprocal Influence of Society - Management Practices
Berland, Nicolas; Loison, Marie-Claire - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
Chemical industry's managers have developed since mid-1970' a management and prevention risk policy named “Responsible Care”. This policy was a first draft for a sustainable management even if these two concepts were not exactly synonymous. Through genealogy of this practice and its use in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071811