Eine harsche Kritik der westlichen Ökonomie, die im Zeichen der Liberalisierung und Deregulierung zu einer "Schurkenwirtschaft" mutiert sei, so die renommierte Journalistin und Expertin auf dem Gebiet der "Schattenwirtschaft" (vgl. L. Napoleoni "Die Ökonomie des Terrors", BA 6/04). Der Fall...

After decades of being primarily a US-based phenomenon, the globalization of hedge fund (HF) activism is increasing at an unprecedented speed. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on HF activism by systematically comparing the phenomenon in the US and outside the US...

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on business, government, and society is getting more attention. The leading AI sectors have higher productivity but a lower share of GDP than those lagging in digitization and AI. There is a technological gap, with still unknown consequences concerning...

The COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development. These are that (1) in a global crisis, the shifting value of data creates policy pitfalls; (2) predictions of crises and how they play...