This book analyses the process of regionalisation and plots its future development. Regionalisation is a common feature of the changing territorial organisation of European states today. Regionalisation alone, however, cannot produce any of the benefits attributed to it without looking into the...

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...

This book addresses the recent debate about copyright law and its impact on the distribution of scientific knowledge from an economic perspective. The focus is on the question whether a copyright regime or an open access regime is better suited to the norms and organizational structure in a...

Innovationen als treibende Kräfte für die Entwicklung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft -- Neuerungen in der Wirtschaft: Das Konzept „Innovation“, wirtschaftliche Dynamik und Innovationsprozesse in Netzwerken -- Erfindungen, Schutzstrategien und volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen -- Diffusion...

Die Unternehmensbewertung im Wirkungsbereich von Interessengruppen -- Die Geschichte der Unternehmensbewertung -- Der Objektivismusstreit der modernen Bewertungslehre -- Der moderne Objektivismusstreit im Lichte der Interessentheorie -- Die Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und ein Ausblick.

- Breaking the Circular Flow: A Dynamic Programming Approach to Schumpeter -- A Review in Campaigns: Going Positive and Negative -- Comments on Lattice Structures and Deferred Acceptance Algorithm -- Externalities, Optimal Subsidy and Growth -- The Fractal Nature of Bitcoin: Evidence From...

Der internationale Angleichungsprozess der Rechnungslegung -- Die Bewertungskonzeptionen nach US-GAAP, IFRS und HGB und ihre Entwicklung im Zuge des internationalen Angleichungsprozesses unter besonderer Beachtung des „fair value“ -- Der Forschungsansatz der politischen Ökonomie der...

One of the most striking macroeconomic developments during the last three decades is the rise and persistence of large fiscal deficits in a number of countries. Despite recent major fiscal reforms around the world, many countries suffer from recurrent large fiscal imbalances that often reflect...

This book examines the global HIV/AIDS pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective, analyzing its economic impact, the reasons behind the political response to the pandemic, international laws relating to public health and patents and mechanisms for financing global and national responses. The...

This book examines the different ways companies can develop and design social innovation. Combining technological and social perspectives, the contributors present emerging research on social innovation from different sectors such as entrepreneurship, education and energy. Collectively, the...