This book depicts the role of both formal and informal institutions in achieving long-term economic efficiency and development. It is organized into three sections: the first section deals with the historical and political roots that make institutions favorable to development; the second section...

In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of women in the labour market though and this book...

Chapter 1: Introduction; Gabriele Capelli, David Mitch -- Part I: Global religious activity and schooling.-Chapter 2: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen -- Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin America; Felipe Valencia -- Part II: Colonial legacies,...

Part I: Basic Principles of Research -- Introduction -- Information Systems Research as a Science -- Part II: Conducting Research -- Planning Your Research -- Theorising -- Research Methods -- Part III: Publishing Research -- Writing IS Research Articles -- Ethical Considerations in Research --...

Einleitung -- Management von Innovationen -- Management von Werkstoffinnovationen -- Empirische Untersuchung zum Erfolg staatlich geförderter Werkstoffinnovationsprojekte -- Schlussbetrachtung -- Literaturverzeichnis.

Research Approaches and Objectives of Project NEMo -- The Future of Mobility in Rural Areas: Participation and Co-creation in a Real-world laboratory -- The Social Practice of Community Mobility in Rural Areas -- From Empirical Data to Operational Models: An Approach for the Development of a...

1. Introduction -- 2. Social Inequality and the Plurality of Life-Styles -- 3. Inequality Processes and Vertical Social Stratification -- 4. Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of Economics -- 5. From Heterodoxy to Orthodoxy and Vice Versa -- 6. The Order of Social Sciences -- 7. Bounded...

FM -- Introduction -- Part I: Mathematical background -- Dynamical systems -- An example of nonlinear dynamical system: The Logistic Map -- Bifurcations -- From local bifurcations to global dynamics: Hopf systems from the applied perspective -- Chaos -- Embedding and mutual information -- Part...

Zur Analyse des wirtschaftlichen Wandels benötigt man wissenschaftlich fundierte Konzepte, Methoden und Instrumente, die der Verlaufs- und Ergebnisoffenheit von Prozessen in realer Zeit Rechnung tragen. In kompakten Einzelbeiträgen fasst der vorliegende Band die grundlegenden Konzepte und...

Part I: Models and Methods for Planning in Logistics -- Autonomous Control of Logistics Processes – A Retrospective -- Explorable Uncertainty meets Decision-Making in Logistics -- Complex Networks in Manufacturing and Logistics: A Retrospect -- Recent Developments in Mathematical Traffic...