Ziele und Zwecke des Unionsrahmens für staatliche Beihilfen zur Förderung von Forschung, Entwicklung und Innovation -- Anforderungen an die Kostenrechnung mit dem Fokus der Trennungsrechnung -- Der Kostenbegriff, die Kostenrechnung an Hochschulen und eine Weiterentwicklung der...

Grundlegendes/Foundations -- Law and Economics in the 21st Century -- Zur Konsequentialistischen Interpretationsmethode -- Law and Economics and the Independence of the Judiciary -- The Prince and The Law -- The Appeal of Legal Empiricism -- Eigentum/Property -- Anreize aum Verschenken — Open...

The international debate on odious debt touches on many fundamental issues, including the intersection between ethics and finance, the moral responsibility of parties to international contracts and of sovereigns to their constituents. Stephania Bonilla analyzes the dynamics of sovereign debt...

1. Introduction: mortgages and annuities in historical perspective -- 2. Mortgages and the English peasantry c.1250-c.1350 -- 3. Mortgages raised by rural English copyhold tenants 1605-1735 -- 4. Mortgages and the Kentish yeoman in the seventeenth century -- 5. Why the equity of redemption? 6....

1. Introduction -- 2. Risk management and banking business in Europe -- 3. Credit risk management and banking business in Europe -- 4. Banking efficiency in Europe -- 5. Capital constraints by regulation in Europe -- 6. Capital constraints by supervision in Europe -- 7. Bank regulation and...

This book tells the story of capacity building in Europe with respect to technology transfer offices and organizations (TTOs). The traditional underdevelopment of technology markets in Europe has often been explained in terms of lack of capacity and skills among technology transfer...

This volume addresses the current challenges for and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurship research, bringing together a wealth of diverse insights with implications for research, education and practice alike. Presenting theoretical and empirical research papers and case studies, the...

This book examines both how tourist behavior is being shaped by the new tourism products and segments that are appearing on the European market and how the tourist experience influences post-trip evaluation of destinations and of tourism and hospitality businesses. On this basis, practical...

Placing special emphasis on the significant security issues associated with modern container international transport, this book provides in-depth exploration on both the US and European Union port and shipping policy, and that of wider international trade. The authors take an original and...

This thesis analyzes the motivation and performance of 403 acquisitions made by emerging multinational corporations (EMNCs) in Western Europe and North America between 1994 and 2013. The findings indicate that most EMNCs were motivated to acquire in order to obtain access to the upstream and...