In dieser Studie wurde untersucht, welchen Einfluß die Veränderungen der Rahmenbedingungen für die industrielle Fertigung in den 1990-er Jahren auf die Struktur des verarbeitenden Gewerbes und die strategische Ausrichtung der Unternehmen hatten. Insbesondere sollten Wirkungsbeziehungen...

The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain...

Financial sector development in Central and Eastern Europe has proved to be a very dramatic process characterized by some well trumpeted success stories but even moreso by many unexpected collapses of seemingly decent institutions and some systemic meltdown as well. The overall record of...

Very much research has been developed into debating what caused the global financial crisis and the possible solutions for avoiding a future one. Therefore, concern with governance issues and their focus has increased dramatically in recent years. An effective corporate governance requires...

The paper discusses the role the financial sector can play in supporting growth in Japan. While overall credit conditions have been accommodative, credit growth has remained weak, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Firm-level SME data and sectoral corporate balance sheets...