Index based insurance schemes can play a vital role in insuring poor people in developing countries against a multitude of risk. However, the concept doesn’t go along without any obstacles. Matthias Rödl provides a theoretical framework of index based insurance schemes and further highlights...

The book aims to explore the regional innovation capability of China, especially how the frontier regions of China (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Tianjin) transform themselves from an investment-driven economy into an innovation-driven one. With detailed case, data and...

This brief presents a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystem of nations around the world by combining individual data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of entrepreneurial...

By empirically assessing the competitiveness of 505 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives, this book not only ranks these cities but also presents a treasure trove of information with regard to each city’s relative strengths and weaknesses. This unique resource...

This brief presents a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystem of nations around the wold by combining individual data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of entrepreneurial...

This brief captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship by measuring entrepreneurial attitudes, abilities, and aspirations at both the individual- and country-level. Featuring data from the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of...

In diesem Buch wird die langfristige historische Entwicklung deutscher längstlaufender Staatsanleihen im Zeitraum 1870 bis 1959 untersucht. Durch Verknüpfung der ermittelten Performance mit der bereits existierenden Zeitreihe gleicher Konzeption sowie der anschließenden Fortentwicklung bis...

China’s Top 100 Firms CSR Development Index (2012) -- China’s Top 100 Foreign-funded Enterprises CSR Development Index (2012) -- CSR Development Index of the Banking Industry (2012) -- CSR Development Index of the Communication Industry (2012) -- CSR Development Index for the Electronics...

Angaben zu Umschlag (U4): Dieses essential gibt einen Überblick über den Peren-Clement-Index, der als Entscheidungsgrundlage bei Direktinvestitionen in anderen Ländern Orientierung bietet. Die Autoren haben ihren Index überarbeitet und an die veränderten globalen Rahmenbedingungen...

Arthur Vogt has devoted a great deal of his scientific efforts to both person and work of Irving Fisher. This book, written with Jànos Barta, gives an excellent impression of Fisher's great contributions to the theory of the price index on the one hand. On the other hand, it continues Fisher's...