This paper examines the effect of a new technology on a labour-intensive service. Comparing primal and dual TFP-growth with final-year social savings, we find that, between 1900 and 1938, motion pictures increased entertainment output (measured in spectator-hours) by at least nine percent...

This paper examines patterns of structural change and labour productivity growth in the late nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire. Using shift-share analysis and a set of basic measures to account for the contribution of physical and human capital growth, it seeks to address three questions:...

This research is the outcome of fieldwork undertaken between November 2002 and 2003 inAl Gharaza village part of Khartoum State - the Sudan capital.The study focuses on identifying how spaces and times are interrelated and engendered. Theforces that impact the creation of boundaries or those...

Im Februar dieses Jahres ist dem Bundesministerium der Justiz der deutsche Corporate Governance-Kodex (DCGK) übergeben worden. Er ist in der Zwischenzeit amtlich bekannt gemachtund mit einer gesetzlichen „Comply-or-Explain“-Regelung versehen. Damit sind nichtnur neue Anforderungen, sondern...

More and more investors apply socially responsible screens whenbuilding their stock portfolios. This raises the question whether theseinvestors can increase their performance by incorporating such screensinto their investment process. To answer this question we implement asimple trading strategy...

We test the frequently made claim that SRI funds are conventionalfunds in disguise. For this purpose, we compare the portfolio holdings ofSRI funds to conventional funds concerning their social and environmentalstandards. Our empirical study of US equity funds shows that SRI fundshave a...

Unternehmensgründer sind speziellen ethischen Herausforderungen ausgesetzt, vor allembei der Formulierung von Geschäftsideen, bei der Befolgung der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen,beim Verfassen von Businessplänen, beim Verhandeln mit Geschäftspartnernund beim Markteintritt. Sie verhalten sich...

Accounting is frequently described and recognized as the language of business because theexternal financial reporting function is extensively used as a principal means of communicatingresults of corporate economic activity to interested external parties. However, deficiencies withrespect to the...