A methodology for measuring public agricultural research capital is developed anddescribed for the first time, new public agricultural research capital measures for each of the 48contiguous US states, 1970-1999, are presented, and a new econometric analysis of the contributionof public...

This paper discusses whether, in which respects, and to what extent the corporate governancesystems of Germany, the United Kingdom and France have already converged in the course ofEuropean economic integration, or are likely to converge in the foreseeable future. Wepresent, and attempt to...

We examine the interplay of markets, ethics and law, and rising demand for ethical behavior in a market driven society coping with the promise and peril of rapid technological innovation.(...)

Das schweizerische Personalrecht ist von einer weit reichenden Novellierung der Rechtsgrundlagengekennzeichnet. Die revidierte Bundesverfassung (BV)1 hat neben der Tarifautonomie derSozialpartner2 auch für den öffentlichen Dienst festgehalten, dass die Mittel des Arbeitskampfes− Streik und...

The background to the Report is the public policy debate about the introduction of a Bill of Rights or written constitution that would build on the Human Rights Act (HRA) (1998) and further strengthen human rights protection by codifying new, additional and / or strengthened rights including...