This paper gives an overview over corporate governance and banking regulation in Germany. Particular attention is put …, some of the recommendations and suggestions made to improve corporate governance in Germany are not legally binding even …

Finance theory does not provide a comprehensive framework for explaining risk management within the imperfect financial … environment in which firms operate. Corporate managers, however, rank risk management as one of their most important objectives … literature and analyses the implications for risk management practice. It is distinguished between two competing approaches to …

Finance theory does not provide a comprehensive framework for explaining risk management within the imperfect financial … environment in which firms operate. Corporate managers, however, rank risk management as one of their most important objectives … literature and analyses the implications for risk management practice. It is distinguished between two competing approaches to …

, and the distinction between Western and Japanese management, on the other. Just as bureaucracy, so Western management … the traditional organization, so Japanese management is quickened by the kinship spirit. The parallel ceases, however … mind-set, Western management theory and practice seem unable to escape the grip of instrumental rationality. Even though …

selfinterest. We test this framework on representative survey data for Germany for the years 1991, 2000 and 2004. Our results …

Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to …

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …. The paper sheds light on management and trading practices, abatement behaviour, and the impact of the EU ETS on long …-term decisions, such as investment decisions or innovative capacity. The aim is to provide information on firm-internal management …