This paper examines resident foreigners´ interest in German citizenship. The study focuseson the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners,intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves,and regional differences in...

Several top deals already closed, a still highly fragmented industry and strong pressure for furtherconsolidation following the financial crisis – renewable energy certainly has become a red-hot topic inM&A. Surveying 220 companies in the solar photovoltaic, utility and financial sector as...

Since years, incentives for the management have become a standard upon acquisitions of companies byPrivate Equity Investors – so-called Buy-Outs. However, until this date there are no empirical studies availableon the arrangements of management participations and potential conflicts of...

Fifteen per cent of British babies are now born to parents who are neithercohabiting nor married. Little is known about non-residential fatherhood thatcommences with the birth of a child. Here, we use the Millennium Cohort Studyto examine a number of aspects of this form of fatherhood. Firstly,...

The paper attempts to explain the failure of postcommunist traders exemplified by Balkan traders to make use of arbitration courts by means of the rational choice of forum approach offered by the law and economics movement. Conjectures about traders’ behaviour derived by combining this approach...

The report describes the current developments of the German market for Non Performing Loans/Distressed Debt as it is influenced by the financial crisis/credit crunch. Furthermore the sale of (small and medium sized) real estate portfolios since summer 2007 is analysed in more detail.

The work report first describes the current developments on the German market for nonperformingloans, which after its peak in spring 2007 is now also affected by the financialcrisis. The sale of small and medium-size portfolios is described within the scope of a casestudy. Furthermore, the...

The report deals with the current questions relating to the work-out, outsourcing and servicingof non-performing-loans. After a brief market description the paper addresses the specificproblems, which arise when servicing real estate and corporate loans. Within these frameworkissues, which...

Multimediale Informations- und Führungssysteme inKultur und Freizeit spielen eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle für Besuchervon Sehenswürdigkeiten und Ausstellungen. Derartige Systeme können alsWeiterentwicklung von herkömmlichen Audioguides ihre Nutzer bei derOrientierung im Ausstellungsraum...

Universities spend almost $2 billion subsidizing their collegiate sports programs. Even the mostpopular women’s sport, basketball, fails to break even. An application of Becker’s theory ofcustomer discrimination is used to calculate the relative preference for men’s basketball for bothmen...