The competitiveness of a retailer is highly dependent on an efficient distribution system. This is especially true for the supply of stores from distribution centers. Stores ask for high flexibility when it comes to their supply. This means that fast order processing is essential. Order...

Currently, the most common delivery mode offered in online retailing is next-day delivery. Retailers, however, are investigating whether same-day deliveries can be offered to online and store customers in order to meet increasing customer requirements. The present paper considers an integrated...

Capital markets have undergone massive changes in the past decade; in Western Europe but of course more fundamentally in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). The euro has fostered the transformation of financial systems toward a more market based approach. Its impact in Eastern Europe...

Eastward enlargement is one of the hot topics in European economics. The accession of central and eastern European Countries (CEEC) into the European Union (EU) is accompanied by an extension of the eurozone to this region. This paper surveys likely outcomes and challenges of this specific...

This paper has been prepared as a part of a broader Ezoneplus project that evaluates European Monetary Union (EMU) and its enlargement to prospective members in central and eastern Europe. The project is financially supported by European Commission (HPSE-CT-2001-00084). It contains the following...

Das weltweit gestiegene Interesse an Leben und Werk Hannah Arendts hat in den letzten zehn Jahren eine unüberschaubare Menge an neuer Literatur hervorgebracht. Der Literaturbericht konzentriert sich zum einen auf Schriften Arendts, die erstmals zugänglich gemacht wurden. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt...