Abstract Durch das am 14. August 1999 in Kraft getretene Überweisungsgesetz hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber die EG-Uberweisungsrichtlinie umgesetzt und durch die Regelung von Giro-, eigenständigem Überweisungs- und Zahlungsvertrag auch weitreichende dogmatische Eingriffe in das...

Purpose – Academic research on public affairs which aims to reconstruct the rationale for the involvement in public affairs, and the possible outsourcing thereof, focuses mainly on the perspective of the principal. Even though consultants are undoubtedly increasing in importance, their...

Purpose – Despite an impressive body of international research, there is a lack of empirical evidence describing the ways in which organisational environments influence the practices of corporate communications (CC). A cross-cultural survey in five countries contributes to closing this...