In many sectors of the health care system, prices at which providers are reimbursed by payers are not determined by the market mechanism, but rather by a defined administrative process. Depending on the sector, prices are set "politically" and are negotiated between different actors or are...

Die Abhandlung zeigt Entscheidungkomponenten für die Festsetzung von Preisen und Strategien zur Markterhaltung und -ausweitung sowie die erforderlichen Kalkulationsgrundlagen

Im Vergleich zur weit in die Geschichte zurückreichenden Tradition der Banken, steckt deren internes Rechnungswesen noch immer in den Kinderschuhen. Erst in den 1920er Jahren begann eine intensive, Theorie und Praxis erfassende Auseinandersetzung mit den drängenden Fragen der Bankkalkulation....

Ongoing pressure on prices for construction projects adds to the significance of cost estimation accuracy in building construction. Due to competition from Asian entrants, main contractors in the plant engineering industry are starting to face a similar situation. In the present paper, the cost...

Dynamic capitalist economies are characterised by relentless innovation and novelty and hence exhibit an indeterminacy that cannot be reduced to measurable risk. How then do economic actors form expectations and decide how to act despite this uncertainty? This paper focuses on the role played by...