This paper examines the social economic value of the Greenland off-shore shrimp fishery. The contribution of the fishery to the economy is examined using a cost-benefit analysis where the objective of the report is to examine the current state of the fishery rather than possible changes, which...

The role of the Arctic region in global petroleum supply over the next decades is becoming a subject of increasing interest as the potential of the region’s geology is revealed and the shrinking of the ice cap makes drilling an increasingly feasible activity. Nevertheless, significant concerns...

Grönland (Kalaallit Nunaat) nimmt einen raumbeherrschenden Platz zwischen dem Arktischen und dem Atlantischen Ozean ein. Es hat eine geostrategische Schlüsselposition im Seeraum zwischen Spitzbergen, Bäreninsel und Nordkap (Bear Gap) sowie zwischen Grönland, Island und Großbritannien (GIUK...

The great recession of 2008-2009 resulted in a large fall in trade relative to output. Real trade fell roughly three times more than real GDP in the U.S. and Mexico, and by a factor of five in Canada. The decline in trade and output was particularly large in sectors with high levels of...

This paper exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a multi-dimensional group incentive scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm. The scheme, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard, was implemented in all branches in one division, but not in...

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...

The change in the business model of venture capitalists from investing locally towards investing across borders started to intensify in the late 1990s. According to a dataset of European and North-American countries, we find that countries with higher expected growth and higher lagged stock...

Die zunehmende Kommerzialisierung des Sports lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit darauf, wie effizient Sportvereine mit ihren Ressourcen umgehen. Im Mannschaftssport gibt es verschiedene Organisationsformen der Ligen: das europäische Relegationssystem und das amerikanische Franchisesystem. Welches der...

We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model extended by a spatial correlation structures where data allows to evaluate the level of impact and the length of the spatial tail. This allows us to address to effects external to the...