This paper demonstrates that the property of 'replication invariance', generally considered to be an innocuous requirement for the extension of fixed-population poverty comparisons to variable-population contexts, is incompatible with other plausible variable- and fixed-population axioms. --...

Debates about poverty relief and foreign aid often hinge on claims about how many poor people there are in the world and what constitutes poverty. Good measures of poverty are essential for addressing the world poverty problem. Measures of poverty require a basis for determining who is poor and...

Economic, social, and political inequalities are at the forefront of today's public debate. While governments around the world have made conscious efforts to promote social inclusion, and major progress in fulfilling basic needs has been witnessed during the last decades, certain groups of...

Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention. In the field of international development, inequality - both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups) - is a core concern in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development....

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications, in particular for peace and economic development. Much of this work focuses on horizontal inequality as an independent causal variable, rather than an outcome of...

The Philosophy of Paradigm Change in the History of Social Evolution -- Paradigm Changes in Technological Knowledge Connections in Urban Innovation Systems -- International Standardization of the New Technology Paradigm: A Strategy for Royalty-Free Intellectual Property -- New roles for Japanese...

Digitalisierung ist eine langfristige technologische Veränderung, die viele Branchen tiefgreifend verändert. Sie ermöglicht eine verbesserte Kundenansprache und Kostensenkung durch Standardisierung von Schnittstellen in der Wertschöpfung, birgt aber zugleich Risiken, wie die zum Beispiel oft...

Introduction -- The importance of sustainable development in Asia -- Research on Oriental Management: Review and Prospects -- Inclusive Business and Sustainable Rural Development in India: The Community-Based Food Chain Constructed by AMUL -- Doing while Thinking in Dynamic Environment: A Review...

Automotive Management: Weiterentwicklung von Geschäftsmodellen und Perspektiven des Automobilmanagements.-Automotive Engineering: Fahrerassistenzsysteme, vernetzte Fahrzeuge, autonomes Fahren, alternative Antriebssysteme und Elektronik der Fahrzeuge -- Changes in Urban Mobility: Veränderungen...

Der Tagungsband zum 11. Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität an der Universität Duisburg-Essen im Mai 2019 untersucht das Rahmenthema „Neue Dimensionen der Mobilität“. Die Beiträge des Forums an den Schnittstellen der betriebswirtschaftlichen und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Forschung geben dazu...