Im Rahmen der Neustrukturierung des Bankenmarkts kommt es verstärkt zu Fusionen von Sparkassen bzw. Landesbanken. Bei den damit verbundenen Bankbewertungen treten oft unterschiedliche Ansichten über die Werthaltigkeit bestimmter Geschäftsbereiche zu Tage. Dies kann zu Verzögerungen,...

[...]This article explores the inflation puzzle andinvestigates whether compensation has acted as either atemporary restraint on inflation or as the underlying sourceof a new inflation regime.2 After reviewing the recent behavior of inflation, we specify and estimate a traditionalprice-inflation...

[...]This study is the first comprehensive examinationof the value of chain store data as macroeconomic indicators.2 We begin by considering important structuralchanges in the retail sector and their implications for interpretingthe chain store data. We then turn to formal statisticaltests of...

Some consider the issues in the European Court ofJustice’s Lidl Belgium (C-414/06) case to be a questionof symmetry in tax law. Others call the case‘‘Marks & Spencer revisited on the branch level.’’ In fact,both statements are correct. The question is whetherthe country of the head...

This paper studies intra-organizational conflict between headquarters and its foreign subsidiary regarding technology transfer to emerging markets with a lack of protection of intellectual property rights. The purpose is to: (i) develop an understanding when conflict exists; (ii) suggest how the...

Grenzüberschreitende Umstrukturierungen wurden bislang unter Nutzung traditionellerStrukturmodelle als Übernahmen oder Zusammenschluss zwischen Gleichen mitöffentlichen Erwerbsangeboten gegen bar oder Aktien vollzogen. Eine grenzüberschreitendeVerschmelzung im rechtstechnischen Sinne war...

This paper makes a case for the future development of European corporate law throughregulatory competition rather than EC legislation. It is for the first time becoming legallypossible for firms within the EU to select the national company law that they wish togovern their activities. A...

This exploratory paper investigates why some companies appear to find successful business relationshipsrelatively effortless. It seems that the organisation’s search for and utilisation of key resources canguarantee its success in the market place. The paper incorporates a critique of...