This book calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union. The authors dissect the EU’s many vulnerabilities: how some Member States are backsliding on the rule of law, freedom of the press, and control of corruption - and how globalization’s ‘discontents’ are threatening the...

This book provides a critical analysis of The European Union’s regulatory framework for mobile payments and bitcoin. Chapters discuss the creation of the EU single market for e-payments and combine legal analysis with comparative case studies in their exploration of the regulatory challenges...

In order to measure the dynamics of flow-performance relationships for a multi-domicile sample, Simon Weiler applies existing flow-performance research methods to a broad set of European equity (UCITS) funds and proves that major findings (performance-chasing behaviour and a convex...

This book explores the role of national fiscal policies in a selected group of Euro-area countries under the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In particular, the authors characterize the response of output to fiscal consolidations and expansions in the small Euro-area open economies...

Dieses Text-Lehrbuch bietet Studierenden wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fächer die Möglichkeit, aktuelle, teilweise stark kontroverse Themen in der europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik mit dem Rüst- und Werkzeug der Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik zu analysieren. Die Beiträge des Autors, die zuvor...

Corporate Governance gehört zu den Managementthemen, die in Wissenschaft, Politik und Unternehmenspraxis gegenwärtig am meisten diskutiert werden. Das Lehrbuch erläutert umfassend alle betriebswirtschaftlichen Perspektiven und Fragestellungen guter Corporate Governance aus theoretischer und...

Der Wandel zur Mitmachgesellschaft -- Nutzung der Schwarmintelligenz -- Spezifika neuer Geschäftsmodelle im Web 2.0 -- Arten des Crowdfunding und hybride Modelle -- Rechtliche Lage der Crowdfunding-Plattformen -- Crowdfunding und Steuern -- Schwachstellen des Crowdfundings -- Crowdfunding in...

Applying novel datasets, Fabian Gäßler analyzes how key aspects of the current patent system in Europe and Germany, respectively, affect patent enforcement and patent trade. In particular, he shows what factors determine court selection in patent litigation and how the jurisdictional...