Die gesellschaftlichen Ansprüche an Unternehmen sind in den vergangenen Jahren enorm gestiegen. Ein Fehlverhalten von Unternehmen wird dementsprechend zunehmend kritisch betrachtet und konsequent geahndet. Frederik Meyer entwickelt zur Erklärung dieses Phänomens ein theoretisches Modell mit...

This book critically analyses the role of the United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in the Suspicious Activities Reports regime. The author pays particular attention to its functions and powers in dealing with Suspicious Activities Reports and relevant requirements imposed upon...

Fraud has become a challenging phenomena affecting economies worldwide. Anti-fraud measures are an integral part of today’s management practices and have found their way into business education. Yet in developing countries these topics have long been neglected and only limited research has...

Korruption im öffentlichen Raum. Wahrnehmungen, Interpretationen, Reaktionen - Ein internationaler Vergleich -- Korruption — Individuelles Handeln im Zeichen der Globalisierung -- Starker Klientelismus — mäßige Korruption: Ein österreichisches Paradoxon? -- Zum Verständnis der Welle an...

Wittig presents the first unified coherent framework for the systematic analysis of terrorist finance. With empirical examples from around the globe, he dispels several popular myths about these activities to make an important step forward in our understanding of not only terrorist finance, but...

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...

Investors are trying to generate excess returns through active investment strategies. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, investors face a situation where increased risks are accompanied by falling key interest rates. An optimal portfolio in terms of risk and return becomes a perpetual...