This book is the first volume of a monograph series published by the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan. The purpose of the series is to make works by Japanese scholars accessible to a wider readership and to increase the knowledge of scholars in this field, particularly in relation to Asia....

Petra Ehemann analysiert auf Basis einer Stichprobe von 133 befragten Dyaden aus 29 Ländern, welche Faktoren den Zentralisierungsgrad im Rahmen von operativen Marketing- und Vertriebsfragen bedingen. Darüber hinaus untersucht sie die Auswirkungen der Autonomie von Landesorganisationen.

This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main financial crises that have marked this century: 2001 Argentina’s defaulting on its external debt, the American subprime crisis in 2008, and the current European debt crisis in Europe. The book pursues three major objectives: firstly, to...

University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...

Financial Ratios for Executives is written specifically with today’s global executive in mind. It makes financial ratios easy to understand and use effectively. This short book will prove invaluable to both financial and non-financial executives looking for easy, intuitive methods to assess...

This textbook first introduces the reader to return measurement and then goes on to compare the time-weighted rate of return (TWR) with the money-weighted rate of return (MWR). To emphasize the importance of risk in conjunction with return, different tracking errors are analyzed and ex-post...

This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1994 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. The research and presentations offered in this volume cover many aspects of marketing science including marketing strategy, consumer behavior, international...

This monograph deals with theoretical and practical aspects of creating course timetables at academic institutions. The task is typically to create a timetable that suits the requirements of the stakeholders - students, lecturers, and the administration - as well as possible. The book presents...