Robert Fritzsch provides an institutional economic analysis of the Great Recession. The author shows that institutions matter as determinants of crisis resilience - however in a different way than predicted by the prominent theories of Olson (1982) and North, Wallis, Weingast (2009), as the...

1. Can Markets Be Moral? -- 2. Markets as Monsters -- 3. Markets as Unintentionally Moral Wealth Creators -- 4. People Can Improve Their Lives Through Markets -- 5. Markets Are Moral Spaces -- 6. Markets Are Moral Training Grounds -- 7. What If Markets Are Really Moral?

Part 1 Big Tree with Thick Trunk and its Fruits -- 1 Research Aim and Framework -- 2 Theoretical Background: General Purpose Technology, Pattern of Innovation, and Spin-out -- 3 Data -- 4 Technological Characteristics of Laser and Laser Diode -- Part 2 R&D and Market Competition of Laser Diodes...

1. Strategy -- 2. Value -- 3. Risk -- 4. Financial statistics -- 5. Derivatives -- 6. Derivative model applications -- 7. Platforms, data, and analytics -- 8. Energy -- 9. Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology -- 10. A Growth Firm -- 11. Firm transformation and divesture

Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives on Strategy, Ethics and Management Accounting -- Chapter 2. Trust in Management Accounting: From Transparency to Confidence -- Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting for Externalities -- Chapter 4. The Ethics of Management Accounting: Innate...

Part I . FRANCHISE Networks -- Innovation and Plural Form -- Peer Trust in Franchise Networks -- Business Model Innovation in Franchising -- Organizational Innovation and Microfranchising -- Competitive Advantage through CSR -- Institutional Influences and Competitiveness -- Principles of Fair...

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...

Section 1. Financial Risk Management -- 1. Accessibility and Transparency of P2P Lending Platforms; Damilano, M.; De Vincentiis, P.; Isaia, E.; Rovera, C -- 2. Crowdfunding and Risk Management: Evidence from Italy; Miglietta, N., Battisti, E., Graziano, E. A -- 3. Private Equity Evaluation Under...