Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy...

KfW promotes microfinance investment funds and other activities that facilitate the growth of microfinance. This book is an expression of KfW's role as information broker. It offers a range of perspectives and themes related to microfinance investment, and its promotion

This book is the thirteenth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the latest developments in political economy. A collection of eight papers, the book concentrates on the deregulation of domestic financial markets and discusses financial...

Manias, Panics and Crashes was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with more research especially on the years from 1880 to 1893 indicated a need for a second look. The third edition had...

This book reflects the current thinking and research on how consumers’ perception of product risks and benefits affects their behavior. It provides the scientific, regulatory and industrial research community with a conceptual and methodological reference point for studies on consumer behavior...

Do brand communities really work for FMCG? Can brand-community members be characterized by specific behavioral attributes? Are there significant differences between members and those simply visiting the brand-community site? In her study Sandra Meister derives a set of behavioral attributes...

Um der Problematik der zunehmenden Belastung der Konsumenten durch die Vielzahl an Informationen gerecht zu werden, und um sich in der Fülle der Angebote von anderen Marken und Produkten im Regal abzuheben, ist es für die Unternehmen von großer Bedeutung, eine kognitiv entlastende Produktwahl...

Dieses Essential beleuchtet die Auswirkungen des Megatrends Urbanisierung und sucht nach logistischen Lösungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der digitalen und mobilen Revolution. Weltweit ziehen Menschen in großer Zahl in die Städte – mit schwerwiegenden logistischen Folgen: Während...

Verbraucherleitbild und weitere rechtliche Grundlagen -- Konsumentenverhalten – insbesondere Informationsverarbeitung -- Preis-Packungsgrößen-Strategien von Anbietern -- Downsizing und dessen Kenngrößen -- Downsizing-Motive von Herstellern -- Downsizing-Auswirkungen für Konsumenten und...