The developments over a thirty-year time span in the study of power, especially voting power, are traced in this book, which provides an up-to-date overview of applications of n-person game theory to the study of power in multimember bodies. Other theories that shed light on power distribution...

The role of franchising on industry evolution is explored in this book both in terms of the emergence of franchising and its impact on industry structure. Examining literature and statistical information the first section provides an overview of franchising. The Role of Franchising on Industry...

Eine der bekanntesten Marken weltweit und Segment-Marktführer zu werden – für viele Unternehmen erstrebenswert. Aber wie? Dieses Buch erläutert am konkreten Beispiel McDonald’s, wie globale Unternehmen mit einer konsequenten, aber auch immer wieder modifizierten Marketing-Strategie zu...

Authentizität von Marken als Untersuchungsgegenstand -- Theoretischer Rahmen zur Konzeptualisierung von Marken-Authentizität und Entwicklung des empirischen Untersuchungsmodells -- Empirische Untersuchung zur wahrgenommenen Marken-Authentizität -- Implikationen für Forschung und Praxis.

This collection explores how pioneering gender equality policies have shaped women's economic presence in Europe since 2000. Equal pay policies, parental leave reforms, corporate quotas and electoral quotas have raised pressing questions about the effectiveness in promoting equal participation,...

'This starkly lucid and timely book absorbs the nuances of the largest festival – the elections – of the world's largest democracy. Hailing from a political family, the author conveys his passion and knowledge on the intricacies, as well as the heat and dust of his national fête. All data...

Voting Paradoxes and Their Probabilities -- Condorcet's Paradox and Group Coherence -- Other Incompability Paradoxes -- Other Voting Paradoxes -- Condorcet Efficiency and Social Homogeneity -- Coherence and the Efficiency Hypothesis -- Other Characteristics of Voting Rules -- The Significance of...

Representative Electoral Systems - Underlying Assumptions and Decision Rules -- Paradoxes Afflicting Electoral Procedures and Their Expected Probability -- Theory and Practice - Additional Considerations in Selecting a Voting Procedure

to the Handbook on Approval Voting -- History of Approval Voting -- Acclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting -- Going from Theory to Practice: The Mixed Success of Approval Voting -- Axiomatic Theory -- Collective Choice for Simple Preferences -- Axiomatizations of Approval...

Power, Freedom, and Voting is an interdisciplinary book that presents a comprehensive insight into current research by economists, mathematicians, philosophers and political scientists on three intimately related concepts that are at the heart of theories of democracy and social welfare. The...