The banking and currency crises of the last two decades inflictedsubstantial financial, economic, and social damage on thecountries in which they originated. In this work, the efficiencyof early warning indicators for these disastrous economic eventsis evaluated. An analysis of the traditional...

Die Dissertation beschreibt und systematisiert verschiedene Krisenbegriffe sowie den Begriff des Ansteckungseffekts. Es wird ein Literaturüberblick gegeben über theoretische und empirische Studien zu Ansteckungseffekten auf Finanzmärkten. Ein theoretisches Modell beschreibt einen denkbaren...

Allokationsverfahren zur Vergabe von Zutrittslizenzen an Marktneulinge differieren hinsichtlich mehrerer Aspekte. Einer davon ist die Veröffentlichung der vom Regulierer im Lizenzvergabeverfahren gesammelten Informationen. Der Autor untersucht den Einfluss der Informationsweitergabe auf die...

Als zentralem Bestandteil der internationalen Finanzarchitektur kommt dem Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) heutzutage immer öfter die Aufgabe zu, bei Verschuldungskrisen souveräner Staaten, insbesondere weit fortgeschrittener Schwellen- und Transformationsländer, als multilateraler...

This thesis contributes to the literature by providing new insights into the patterns and market implications of insider trading. The inferences presented here are based on the insider trading reports filed with the Polish Securities and Exchange Commission and the New Zealand Exchange. First,...

The Government Services Information Infrastructure (GSII) is that portion of the NII used to link Government and its services, enables virtual agency concepts, protects privacy, and supports emergency preparedness needs. The GSII is comprised of the supporting telecommunications technologies,...

The United States has aggressively embarked on the challenging task of building a National Information Infrastructure (NII). This infrastructure will have many levels, extending from the building block capital stock that composes the telecommunications system to the multitude of higher tier...

Many important products and technologies were developed in federal laboratories and were driven initially by national needs and for federal applications. For example, the clean room technology that enhanced the growth of the semiconductor industry was developed at Sandia National Laboratories...

There is a current trend for manufacturing enterprises in a supply chain of a particular industry to join forces in an attempt to promote efficiencies and improve competitive position. Such alliances occur in the context of specific legal and business agreements such that each enterprise retains...

To successfully compete in a global market, manufacturing production systems are being forced to reduce time to market and to provide improved responsiveness to changes in market conditions. The organizations that comprise the business links in the production system must constantly make...