The aim of this arti cle is to show that the New Insti tuti onal Economics is an interdisciplinary stream combining economics, law, organizati on theory, politi cal sciences, sociology, and anthropology. The main theories which are part of the New Insti tuti onal Economics are: Agency Theory,...

The past few decades have been characterized by a growing body of profit-seeking public service areas with the understanding that profit-seeking organizations will deliver public services more efficiently than government can. These sectors include, but are not limited to, health care,...

Corporate governance is a recent concept that encompasses the costs caused by managerial misbehavior. Corporate governance is concerned with how organizations in general, and corporations in particular, produce value and how that value is distributed among the members of the corporation, its...

Die Verbindung von Unternehmen ist keine Erscheinung der letzten Jahre. Vielmehr beruht das Konzept der Merger & Akquisition (M&A) auf grundlegenden wirtschaftstheoretischen Theorien, die in der Diskussion allerdings oftmals von populistischen Motiven für die Fusion im vorliegenden Fall...