This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society’s sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve...

This book integrates two different but equally prominent themes in the management field: mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). It explores questions such as whether strategic goals overlap or conflict with sustainability choices, what the strategic and...

The past decade has been a time of drastic developments, both in financial markets and in related academic research. Among the most striking developments are the expanded stockholder base, the increased popularity of mutual funds among households, and the growing importance of private pension...

Untersuchungsgegenstand und Arbeitsgang -- Primäre Abfindungsangebote und Börsenkurs bei Going Private-Transaktionen in Deutschland -- Going Private-Transaktionen am deutschen Kapitalmarkt — Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme -- Motive für den Rückzug von der Börse — Ergebnisse einer...

Eines der zentralen Ziele des Marketings ist die Bindung von Kunden. Birgit Engel untersucht, von welchen Faktoren die Dauer der Gebundenheit eines Kunden und somit auch die Dauer der Gewinnerzielung des Anbieters beeinflusst werden. Sie zeigt, dass diese nicht nur vom Verhalten des Anbieters...

This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

This book explores new frontiers in the research of economic growth and industrial reconstruction, analyzing economic growth and transitions in industrial structure in East Asia with a variety of data. First, the effects of demographic change on trade openness is analyzed empirically using the...

This book is a critical analysis of the impact of the financial system on the economy, society and the natural environment. It cuts through the noise to looks at its purpose, its activities, and what it does in practice. Unlike other books that cover the last financial crisis and the risk of...