This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept. It also demonstrates the debates surrounding the concept of sustainability and its ramifications...

This book presents the essential concepts of operations research and engineering management in a structured manner. Starting with the basic functions of management - planning, organizing, leading and controlling - it introduces the reader to the process of strategic decision-making, covering the...

This book presents an eclectic mix of interesting new areas in the domain of economics, management and sustainability. Written by leading experts, it provides valuable food for thought, with essays introducing new lines of research and empirical research papers offering sound research...

Marktmachtausübung und Stand der Forschung zum Thema Marktmacht und Marktmachtmessung -- Einführung in den deutschen Strommarkt -- Bestimmung des relevanten Marktes und kontinentaleuropäisches Außenhandelsregime -- Strukturelle Indikatoren für Marktmacht -- Quantifizierung von Marktmacht am...

Theoretischer Hintergrund: Organisations- und Entscheidungstheorien als Grundlage zur Analyse von Wirtschaftsunternehmen -- Die Hypothekenbanken im Gefüge der deutschen Kreditwirtschaft: Terminologie, Funktionsweise und Institution -- Überblick zur Entwicklung des modernen Realkreditwesens --...

Der Konzentrationsprozess im deutschen Sortimentsbuchhandel schreitet seit Jahren unaufhaltsam voran. Rahmenbedingungen wie die Digitalisierung, technische Innovationen und das Konsumentenverhalten beeinflussen dies zusätzlich. Kerstin Emrich untersucht die Ursachen und Auswirkungen dieses...

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...

The Influence of Industry Concentration on Merger Motives -- Corporate Relatedness and Wealth Creation in Machinery Mergers -- Horizontal acquisitions, merger rents, and non-price competition - a case study from the machinery industry -- Concluding remarks

The book covers both the analysis of the major producer of civil aircraft (EADS/Airbus) located in the region and its relation with the cluster of enterprises within those regions. It studies the organization of production, the creation of knowledge within the industry, the concentration and...