Wie beeinflussen demografische Strukturen Agglomerationsprozesse? Die drei Artikel dieser Dissertation widmen sich der Beantwortung dieser Frage, indem sie die Auswirkungen von demografischem Wandel sowohl auf die räumliche Verteilung von ökonomischer Aktivität als auch auf den Zusammenhang...

The object of study is the exchange of knowledge between agents of the private sector and its implications for innovation, social welfare and economic policy. The exchange of knowledge is of great importance, in particular with respect to innovative activity. New Growth Theory for instance...

A two-stage procedure is employed to evaluate the determinants of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Australian credit unions over the period 1992/1993 to 1994/1995. In the first stage, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to calculate technical and scale efficiency indices for a sample...

The significant impact of method of payment on the share price abnormal returns following mergers and acquisitions have been broadly considered and documented in US and UK empirical studies (Agrawal and Jaffe 2000). In the UK, all-cash acquisitions show insignificant negative or small positive...

The level and nature of competition in supermarket retailing in Australia has beenhotly debated as a policy issue in recent times. The creeping acquisitions of smallergroups by Coles and Woolworths have led to several investigations amid claims thatconsumers will be disadvantaged by the growth...

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