River floods are part of the natural hydrologic cycle and mayoccur several times per year, caused by heavy downpours andsnowmelt. However, in recent years, often attributed to globalwarming, an increasing number of extreme flood events couldbe observed in central Europe. Moreover, these events...

How do evaluative practices become natural and ubiquitous in an organization? In this paper we integratefindings from previous empirical work on the adoption of evaluative practices in organizations with insightsfrom institutional theory and social psychology research for advancing the...

This volume collects research papers addressing topical issues in economics and management with a particular focus on dynamic models which allow to analyze and foster the decision making of firms in dynamic complex environments. The scope of the contributions ranges from daily operational...