This paper explores the ethical mandates of Islamic banking and finance (IBF) and then studies the recent performance of IBF on the positive level. The ethical section is divided into four parts: (1) promotion of trade and cooperation, (2) prohibition of ribā and of profiting without risk, (3)...

Die Arbeit gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Iran in den vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnten. Dabei steht der Zeitraum nach der Islamischen Revolution des Jahres 1979 im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung. Es geht vor allem darum, die teilweise ideologisch bedingten...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and contents of Islamic management practices and their consequent implications for human resource management (HRM) in Arab countries. In addition, it aims to examine the implications for multinational companies (MNCs) operating in...

"The paper outlines conditions under which decentralized approaches are likely to succeed in solving collective action problems. Criteria that render successful decentralized collective action more likely have mainly been developed in the Common Pool Resource (CPR) and International Relations...

"This study evaluates the economic impact of Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFPM) an institutional innovation with decentralized planning process. This has enabled to manage forests and water at local level through collective action of farmers with the help of the line Departments...

Magistro darbe nagrinėjama suformuluota problema – kaip statybines paslaugas teikiančių įmonių organizacinės valdymo struktūros atitinka teorinius modelius. Darbe išanalizuoti ir susisteminti įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių teoriniai organizacinių valdymo struktūrų...

This paper analyzes fundamental shortcomings in the Georgian legal bases in both the constitution and the tax code with regard to a sustainable fiscal policy. It shows that the lack of experience with sharing political powers and competences among the administrative levels create centralizing...