Weil sie unterschiedliche Unternehmensaktivitäten bündeln, werden Konglomerate in der Praxis im Rahmen einer Unternehmensbewertung häufig mit einem pauschalen Abschlag in Höhe von 10-15 Prozent versehen. Dieser pauschale Konglomeratsabschlag wirft jedoch bei näherer Betrachtung Fragen...

In today’s competitive business environment, an optimal investment strategy is vital for every company. However, it is often endangered by unconscious mental biases inherent in every human being. Building on findings from cognitive psychology research, Sebastian Serfas shows in detail that and...

1. Introduction -- 2. Action on Climate Change: What Does it Mean and Where Does it Lead To? -- Part 1. Policy -- 3. Mainstreaming Impact Evidence in Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- 4. Pathway to Impact: Supporting and Evaluating Enabling Environments for Research for Development...

This edited collection explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a low carbon economy, and outlines the different approaches taken to ensure the sustainability of such a transition. Chapters explore the nature of the transformation from a ‘brown’ to ‘green’...

Introduction -- Sustainable Development and Global Climate Change -- Lean Production Philosophy -- The Precast Concrete Industry -- Modelling the Lean Production Philosophy -- Research Design and Methodology -- Applications in Precast Concrete Factories -- Case study of a Precast Concrete...

Climate change and its implications for consumers and policymakers, have been discussed extensively. Adrian Renner provides a unique perspective on how stockholders react if companies move towards a carbon-conscious future. A multi-country event study approach was used to analyze stock market...

Low Carbon Transportation.- Industrial Security under Low Carbon Development -- Workshop on Green Supply Chain Management -- Low Carbon Logistics -- Green Buildings -- Low-Carbon Technology And Low-Carbon Policy -- Low-Carbon Project Management -- Worshop on Low-Carbon Transportation and...

This book surveys existing literature from both waste management and behavioural sciences to offer a complete overview of how economic agents relate to a central matter in the policy making agenda: that of waste prevention and recycling. Environmental behavioural economics is a growing field of...

Das vorliegende Buch stellt eine direkte Verbindung zu der Abfallproblematik des stationären Lebensmitteleinzelhandels her und liefert zwei unterschiedliche logistische Lösungsansätze zur Abfallreduktion im Handel. Larissa Janssen schlägt eine zweimal tägliche Bestellmengenplanung mit...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Water Saving and Yield Enhancing Micro Irrigation Technologies in India: Theory and Practice -- Chapter 3. Current State of Drip Adoption for Irrigation of crops in Maharashtra -- Chapter 4. Micro-Irrigation in Karnataka: Potential and Constraints for...