Outsourcing - und damit die Integration von Wertschöpfungsketten in der industriellen Produktentstehung - ist ein in Wissenschaft und Management intensiv diskutiertes Thema. Auf dem Gebiet der Produktentwicklung komplexer technischer Güter ist allerdings die Frage bisher nicht abschließend...

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...

Charakterisierung, strategische Motive und Treiber der vertikalen Integration Wertschöpfungsketten: Computer, Mobilfunk, Automobile, Privatkundengeschäft, Pharmazeutika, Textilien, Konsumgüter, Einzelhandel, Spielfilm, Videospiele und Musik Fallbeispiel Ergebnisse Umschlagtext Seit Beginn der...

In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

This volume explores the changes in speculative trading in the United States to provide an understanding of the present economic crisis. Readers will find a unified mathematical theory of speculation and new chapters that discuss neoliberalism

Preface -- Chapter 1 Opening Address -- Chapter 2 What Makes an Exchange a Unique Institution? -- Chapter 3 Mid-Day Address -- Chapter 4 Competitive Challenges in the Marketplace -- Chapter 5 Wherein lie the Growth Opportunities? -- Chapter 6 IPO Capital Raising in the Global Economy -- Chapter...

Traditionally resources for R and D projects are allocated via planning and budgeting procedures, evaluation methods and hierarchical decision-committees. This book presents resource allocation via internal markets as an alternative to such hierarchical decision procedures. Internal R and D...

This volume of essays examines the ways in which magical practices are found in different aspects of contemporary capitalist societies. From contract law to science, by way of finance, business, marketing, advertising, cultural production, and the political economy in general, each chapter...