Markus P. Urban investigates the influence of large shareholders (the so-called blockholders) on agency costs and firm value, thereby accounting for blockholder characteristics and blockholder interrelationships. The work provides a profound theoretical and empirical analysis on the nature and...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of private equity divestment processes--so-called exits--for European buyouts. Examining the efficiency of exits, it offers recommendations and guidelines for an integrated and exit-oriented private equity portfolio management. In addition, the book...

vDie Einführung neuer Produkte am Markt ist von zentraler Bedeutung für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens. Dabei sind in den letzten Jahren insbesondere Marketingmaßnahmen in der Phase vor der physischen Markteinführung in den Blickpunkt des Interesses gerückt. Die...

Ausgestaltung von Beteiligungsverträgen bei VC-Finanzierungen -- Systematische Literaturanalyse zu VC-Verträgen mit Darstellung des aktuellen Forschungsstands -- Überprüfung und Validierung des VC-Vertragsmodells mithilfe von Experteninterviews -- Empirisch-quantitative Untersuchung des...

Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting rule. The comparison is based on a medium-scale DSGE model which has been estimated based on state-of-the-art Bayesian methods. The model for the Swiss economy is an expanded...

The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

Christoph Michael Hindermann uses a statistical approach to analyze the impact of economic freedom on state legitimacy. Based on multiple regression models, the author not only extracts the determinants of legitimacy but also shows that rule of law is the most important area of economic freedom...